The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.
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 (Latin: ens in quantum ens).
The metalogic of physics; the logical framework of physics.
The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.
Displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject.
Philosophers sometimes say that metaphysics is the study of the ultimate nature of the universe.
Any fundamental principles or rules.
The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.
A Rastafari meeting held for the purposes of chanting, prayer and discussion.