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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

4194	Metaphysics is concerned with the fundamental structure of reality as a whole [Lowe]
	Full Idea: Metaphysics is concerned with the fundamental structure of reality as a whole.
	From: E.J. Lowe (A Survey of Metaphysics [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.

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

4214	Maybe such concepts as causation, identity and existence are primitive and irreducible [Lowe]
	Full Idea: It may well be that after all our attempts at analysis, we have to accept the notions of causality, identity and existence as being primitive and irreducible.
	From: E.J. Lowe (A Survey of Metaphysics [2002], p.191)
	A reaction: They may be irreducible, but it seems possible that the relationships between them might be revealed (as between Platonic Forms). To exist is to have identity and causal powers?