Epistemology vs. Metaphysics

Epistemologynoun

(uncountable) The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?".

Epistemologynoun

(countable) A particular theory of knowledge.

Epistemologynoun

The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.

Epistemologynoun

the philosophical theory of knowledge

Epistemology

Epistemology ( (listen); from Greek ἐπιστήμη, epistēmē 'knowledge', and -logy) is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemologists study the nature, origin, and scope of knowledge, epistemic justification, the rationality of belief, and various related issues.

Metaphysicsnoun

The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens).

Metaphysicsnoun

The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.

Metaphysicsnoun

The metalogic of physics; The logical framework of physics.

Metaphysicsnoun

Any fundamental principles or rules.

Metaphysicsnoun

(uncountable) The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.

Metaphysicsnoun

(uncountable) Displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject.

Metaphysicsnoun

The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being; philosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first principles.

Metaphysicsnoun

The scientific knowledge of mental phenomena; mental philosophy; psychology.

Metaphysicsnoun

the philosophical study of being and knowing

Metaphysics

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity and possibility. It includes questions about the nature of consciousness and the relationship between mind and matter.