Reply #40: There are some who evidently felt their version of the definition [View All]

[Desertrose]

was the only accepted one....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=120x24729

here's a bit more ...
Metaphysics: the branch of philosophy concerned with the study of the nature of being and beings, existence, time and space, and causality

To add on to the definition, metaphysics is the branch of knowledge that contains the unexplainable, the supernatural, the unknown, etc. Metaphysics deals with the side of reality that is not physical. What may exist on a 'higher plane of existence' that cannot be seen or proven by any physical means.
http://chopsticks.koolplace.com/stuff/metaphysics.html

Metaphysical

Derived from the Greek meta ta physika ("after the things of nature"); referring to an idea, doctrine, or posited reality outside of human sense perception. In modern philosophical terminology, metaphysics refers to the studies of what cannot be reached through objective studies of material reality.

Metaphysical ideas, because they are not based on direct experience with material reality, are often in conflict with the modern sciences.

http://www.counterbalance.net/cqgloss/metaph-body.html


go figure, huh :shrug: