metaphysics
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The company named the core of its product, Ontology, after the branch of metaphysics that studies existence.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
That friendship, though strengthened by economic ties, is rooted in metaphysics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
Plotinus drew on obscure ancient Egyptian metaphysics, Viola on the esoteric technology of modern life.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2024
A new staging presented by Bedlam makes a valiant effort to adapt Stoppard’s cerebral probes into chaos theory, Newtonian law, thermodynamics and metaphysics for a 2023 audience, but the result is a muddled one.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2023
Some people feel that science should be concerned with only the first part; they regard the question of the initial situation as a matter for metaphysics or religion.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Vocabulary lists containing metaphysics
Tuck Everlasting
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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The Enlightenment
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