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'A Résumé of Metaphysics', 'Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics' and 'The Advancement of Learning'
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics
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Metaphysics is the best knowledge, because it is the simplest [Bacon]
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Metaphysics is (supposedly) first the ontology, then in general what things are like [Hofweber]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science
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Natural history supports physical knowledge, which supports metaphysical knowledge [Bacon]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science
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Physics studies transitory matter; metaphysics what is abstracted and necessary [Bacon]
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Physics is of material and efficient causes, metaphysics of formal and final causes [Bacon]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics
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'Fundamentality' is either a superficial idea, or much too obscure [Hofweber]
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