Full Idea
Metaphysics, insofar as it is concerned with the natural world, can do no better than to reflect on physics.
Gist of Idea
The metaphysics of nature should focus on physics
Source
Tim Maudlin (The Metaphysics within Physics [2007], Intro)
Book Reference
Maudlin,Tim: 'The Metaphysics within Physics' [OUP 2007], p.1
A Reaction
I suppose so. Physics only works at one level of description. Metaphysics often works with concepts which only emerge at a more general level than physics. There are also many metaphysical problems which are of no interest to most physicists.