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Metaph Ysics: Fernandez, Maria Virginia P. IV-23 BSE General Science

This document discusses the key concepts of metaphysics including essence and existence, being and nothingness, and whether reality is objective or subjective. It defines metaphysics as the branch of philosophy that studies existence and answers questions about what exists and the nature of existence. The document outlines some of the key elements of a rational metaphysics, including that reality is absolute, existence exists, and basic axioms like the law of identity and consciousness. It provides definitions for axioms and states the axiom of existence exists means there is something rather than nothing.

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Metaph Ysics: Fernandez, Maria Virginia P. IV-23 BSE General Science

This document discusses the key concepts of metaphysics including essence and existence, being and nothingness, and whether reality is objective or subjective. It defines metaphysics as the branch of philosophy that studies existence and answers questions about what exists and the nature of existence. The document outlines some of the key elements of a rational metaphysics, including that reality is absolute, existence exists, and basic axioms like the law of identity and consciousness. It provides definitions for axioms and states the axiom of existence exists means there is something rather than nothing.

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METAPH

YSICS

Fernandez, Maria Virginia P.


IV-23 BSE General Science

BASIC QUESTIONS
What is Essence and Existence?
What is Being and Nothingness?
Is Reality objective or subjective?
Is it possible to have dual Identity?

DEFINITION
It the branch of Philosophy responsible for
the study of existence.
It is the foundation of a worldview. It answers
the question What is?
It encompasses everything that exists, as
well as the nature of existence itself.
It says whether the world is real, or merely
an illusion.
It is a fundamental view of the world around

WHAT ARE THE KEY


ELEMENTS OF A
RATIONAL
METAPHYSICS?

REALITY IS ABSOLUTE.
The world around us is real.
The physical world exists and every entity has a specific nature.

BASIC AXIOMS

EXISTENCE EXISTS
THE LAW OF IDENTITY
CONSCIOUSNESS

AXIOMS: DEFINITION
Statements that we cannot deny
without using them in our denial.
They are foundations of all
knowledge.
An attempt to contradict an axiom
can only end up in a contradiction.

EXISTENCE EXISTS
It states that there is something, as opposed to nothing.
I am aware of something
If one is aware of something is the proof that something in some
forms--- that existence

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