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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science

6203	Metaphysics is just a priori universal principles of physics [Kant]
	Full Idea: Metaphysics only contains the pure a priori principles of physics in their universal import.
	From: Immanuel Kant (Critique of Practical Reason [1788], I.II.II.VI)
	A reaction: 'Universal' seems to imply 'necessary'. If you thought that no a priori universal principles were possible, you would be left with physics. I quite like the definition, except that I think there would still be metaphysics even if there were no physics.