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[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems ]

Full Idea

Metaphysics is the domain where different languages, theories, explanations, and conceptual systems come together and have their mutual ontological relationships sorted out and clarified.

Gist of Idea

Metaphysics is the clarification of the ontological relationships between different areas of thought

Source

Jaegwon Kim (Mind in a Physical World [1998], §3 p.066)

Book Ref

Kim,Jaegwon: 'Mind in the Physical World' [MIT 2000], p.66