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Full Idea
Metaphysics is concerned with the fundamental structure of reality as a whole.
Gist of Idea
Metaphysics is concerned with the fundamental structure of reality as a whole
Source
E.J. Lowe (A Survey of Metaphysics [2002], p.2)
Book Ref
Lowe,E.J.: 'A Survey of Metaphysics' [OUP 2002], p.2
A Reaction
I think it is vital to hang on to this big definition, focusing on ontology, and not retreat (like Kant) to the epistemological question of how humans happen to see reality, even if we are stuck with being humans.