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metaphysics

metaphysics Metaphysics is the central branch of philosophy concerned with understanding being and giving a systematic interpretation of experience as a connected whole.

Metaphysics is the central branch of philosophy concerned with understanding being and giving a systematic interpretation of experience as a connected whole. In this source, it is presented not as a study cut off from experience, but as an effort to think experience clearly, consistently, and in relation to all its parts.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Metaphysics” (Metaphysics).
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