Introduction to Metaphysics

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  • @nsipid
    @nsipid Před 4 lety +802

    Don’t feel dumb if you don’t understand a video in 1 run through. It takes repetition to understand something so continue in your pursuit to understand.

  • @Gruemoth
    @Gruemoth Před 5 lety +667

    I have 3 things:
    1) Hard time memorizing the names
    2) Poor short-term memory
    3) Hard time memorizing the names

    • @asmith8898
      @asmith8898 Před 5 lety +11

      I want to like this to prove I'm smart enough to "catch" it unlike the people who didn't like this; I get why they didn't like it though...cuz like...WHY?

    • @Unkn.9wn
      @Unkn.9wn Před 5 lety +22

      Connect those hard names to objects/animals/anything around you, try to make their names rhyme with another word, try to come up with funny words that are similar to those hard to memorize names or share the same pronunciation..
      There are many methods to do this.. I just shared what I use most of the time

    • @ao-vp5bc
      @ao-vp5bc Před 5 lety +1

      Same, ima have to make notes n like the other comment said try to bring those names to my everyday talk

    • @Projectmusick
      @Projectmusick Před 4 lety +2

      Admiral Hank Dawkins XIII 4. You chit chat too much.

    • @mikebevibevi
      @mikebevibevi Před 4 lety +2

      Bad at math

  • @nobadragoon6499
    @nobadragoon6499 Před 8 lety +746

    i wonder if it's normal to feel even more lost than before I started, yet to know more than I did. It's like a frog coming out of a well for the first time and seeing the world

    • @christ7431
      @christ7431 Před 8 lety +124

      It's the basis of philosophy. Knowing that you don't know everything. It means you're philosophizing and on the right track.
      Nice explanation btw

    • @CrayCow
      @CrayCow Před 6 lety +7

      or maybe its just the Dunning-Kruger effect

    • @khaledyasser8293
      @khaledyasser8293 Před 6 lety +39

      NobaDragoon The more you know the less you understand

    • @mrchiefbs
      @mrchiefbs Před 6 lety +13

      That IS metaphysics. We are so much and yet so little. The natural world is huge and small. What does it mean to be alive when we can be conscious and unconscious? If we are unconscious and are unaware of our surroundings we are breathing but share the same experience of death. Or to exist seems so trivial because our minds allow us to consider a debate for something about being alive and existing or to argue whether we are living as we live.

    • @VisserJoost
      @VisserJoost Před 6 lety +3

      NobaDragoon just trust yourself ......

  • @mofmradio1261
    @mofmradio1261 Před 4 lety +312

    META: BEYOND
    PHYSICS: PHYSICAL

    • @calebwhite6173
      @calebwhite6173 Před 4 lety +41

      This is where the most basic understanding is the greatest power. There are many who hide under complicated terms of which they created due to the simple fact of a lack of their own understanding which confuses and stops anyone else from understanding the basics of this universe. Find the origin of the definition and it will give you great understanding.

    • @mimieariffin8279
      @mimieariffin8279 Před 3 lety +5

      @@calebwhite6173 the power of terminology

    • @pl4t1n00b
      @pl4t1n00b Před 3 lety +1

      In that case it would be more appropriate to say that "meta" means "about" or "beyond" and "physics" stands for "nature", i.e. *"metaphysics"* would mean something like _"the science of what is beyond the nature"._

    • @Nobody-e6e
      @Nobody-e6e Před 3 lety +7

      Guys trust me, I'm Greek. Meta means after.

    • @pl4t1n00b
      @pl4t1n00b Před 3 lety +1

      @@Nobody-e6e Trust me, I have common sence. Meta-joke or meta-mathematics, for example, don't mean accordingly "after a joke" or "after mathematics" in English language, but there's a prefix called "post-" which perfectly serves your definition nowadays.
      According to Wikipedia:
      *_In epistemology, and often in common use, the prefix meta- is used to mean about (its own category)._*

  • @academyofideas
    @academyofideas  Před 11 lety +67

    We took down the old stuff we had there as we are in the process of updating it to make better use of the site. We are just not 100% sure what direction we want to go with it, but we do intend to include further resources for each lecture.

    • @Grosefrmchrchst
      @Grosefrmchrchst Před 3 lety +3

      I'm a big fan of this channel. I'd like to see you cover Process Metaphysics, specifically the recent secular interpretations by Nicholas Rescher & Michel Weber. Keep up the quality content!

  • @nathananderson8720
    @nathananderson8720 Před 9 měsíci +4

    This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my CZcams channel 8 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,210 subs and > 1,000 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.

  • @academyofideas
    @academyofideas  Před 8 lety +14

    Get the transcript here: academyofideas.com/2013/06/introduction-to-metaphysics/

  • @curtiscarpenter9881
    @curtiscarpenter9881 Před 4 lety +8

    Metaphysics is our relationship with our habitual way of thinking and that consequence. Thinking is a habit we live more consciously when we are more self aware of the decisions we make.

  • @mrmirth
    @mrmirth Před 3 lety +13

    “Destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the World, we learn we’re spirits; not animals... There’s something going on in space and time, and beyond space and time... which, whether we like it or not; spells duty.” ~Churchill

  • @Alch8Fi153
    @Alch8Fi153 Před 3 lety +6

    To sum up everything expressed, within the words of Osho (a renowned Indian speaker and mystic/metaphysical student)... _"There are 3 realms of reality: 1) The KNOWN, 2) The UNKNOWN, & 3) The UNKNOWABLE..."_

  • @farzad1021
    @farzad1021 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Now I think Metaphysics means asking questions about Existence, Reality, Truth and Mind is Metaphysics. Now I categories Metaphysics into 3 primary parts those are:
    1, Ontology
    2, Realogy
    3, Mindology
    So, I start with:
    Ontology: So, Ontology ask questions about Existence, Physicality, Causality, Space, Universals, Property and Substance. So, questions are like:
    1, What is existence?
    2, What is the criterion of existence?
    3, Is it possible for something to not exist for now but to exist in future?
    4, What is causality?
    5, Is causality a mental construct?
    6, What is the nature of causality?
    7, What is universals?
    8, Are there any universals?
    9, What is space?
    10, What is the nature of space?
    11, What is property?
    12, What is substance?
    13. What does Physical means?
    14. Are all things are Physical?
    And there is:
    Realogy: It's a fancy word I made. So, the word “Rea” comes from the English word “Real.” And logy is a Greek word that means “Study.” So, if we coin it then it means “Study of reality.” But again terms are flexible. So, it's primarily ask about reality. But it also ask about Truth. So, questions here are like:
    1, What is reality?
    2, What is the nature of reality?
    3, Do our observations and perceptions about reality match with reality?
    4. Are there any subjective realities?
    5. Is reality a mental construct?
    6. What is Truth?
    7. What is the nature of Truth?
    8. Are there any relative and subjective Truths?
    9. How can we get to the Truth?
    Then there is:
    Mindology: Again it's a fancy word I made. So, “Mind” means ”Mind.” And “logy” means “Study.” So, if we coin it then it means “Study of mind.” So, it asks questions about Mind, Consciousness, Identity, Self, Soul and Personhood. So, here questions are like:
    1, What is mind?
    2, Do mind and brain are same thing?
    3, What is consciousness?
    4, Where consciousness arises?
    5, Does consciousness arise from non-physical things?
    6, Does everything have consciousness?
    7. If not, what things have consciousness?
    8, Can I be certain that other living beings have consciousness when I can't check their consciousness?
    9, What is self?
    10, What is identity?
    11, How can a human have the same self and identity when he changes all the time?
    12, What is personhood?
    13, What is soul?
    14, Do we have any soul?
    So, that is Metaphysics in a nutshell.

  • @Leidungr000
    @Leidungr000 Před 6 lety +247

    This video is VERY well done. Your work is MUCH appriciated.

    • @lowtattoos
      @lowtattoos Před 2 lety +1

      I disagree !

    • @lowtattoos
      @lowtattoos Před 2 lety +1

      Though I enjoyed the video and thought there could be worse

    • @AnubizCoyote
      @AnubizCoyote Před rokem +1

      @lawrence lock me too. Aristotle is BCE no BC his resources are incorrect in its time.

  • @tomislavseric1829
    @tomislavseric1829 Před 5 lety +42

    Metaphysics is not a branch of phylosophy rather the core root of it all, Metaphysics is the knowledge of everything that is and that exists in the human mind.

    • @shansbo217
      @shansbo217 Před 11 měsíci +2

      This response is priceless. You are absolutely right.

  • @consumingpositive7353
    @consumingpositive7353 Před 7 lety +43

    The way you deconstruct something as broad as Metaphysics is amazing. Thanks for the knowledge!

  • @deannaeagle7187
    @deannaeagle7187 Před 3 lety +12

    I was introduced to metaphysics at a young age and it made my day ro day life magical and very happy. Unfortunately as my brain grew older it was distracted and loss 4he belief of all magic. Now I'm near 50 and suffered a stroke three years ago. Ive gotten back into my metaphysical 4honkimg and beliefs ive regained that old happiness living in that magical world of manifestation, law of attraction and psychic abilities. Its like waking up and seeing thst dreams don't only happen while sleeping and that if i i let the universe what I want, the universe will provide it also both good and bad karma are real what you put out and do is returned to you 3x so put out good energy and you receive good energy

    • @thomaswest4033
      @thomaswest4033 Před 2 lety +2

      Hi DeAnna, I think you might be thinking of the way the word metaphysics is used in astrology and other spiritual systems. In philosophy metaphysics refers to the first causes, things-in-themselves, etc.

  • @khaledalsayegh6628
    @khaledalsayegh6628 Před 8 lety +167

    As a kid, when I used to go on rides in theme parks, I always paid attention to the decor on the sides, I noticed every little detail.. the accumulating dust, cables and weary dolls..I always felt like I wanted to get off the ride and wander on the sides, just to know the truth behind the ride. I still do the same with life (the ride), was I doing metaphysics?

  • @thefateshavewarned
    @thefateshavewarned Před 11 lety +41

    Great video. Excellent introduction to a field that doesn't get enough respect among regular people today, but is nonetheless important to the foundations of philosophy.

  • @AlexanderMirvis
    @AlexanderMirvis Před 9 lety +339

    I shouldn't have quit smoking weed...

  • @katherinecopelin8670
    @katherinecopelin8670 Před 8 lety +229

    Yes there is intelligent life on you tube :-) Thank you, I needed that.

  • @bond.1521
    @bond.1521 Před 3 lety +19

    This is such a well constructed video and explanation, I never studied metaphysics before and I’ve only just gotten into philosophy, because of my love for magic and always wanting to be a wizard 😂 so many congratulations, I came out of this video feeling so much more knowledge than before.

  • @PhilCallis
    @PhilCallis Před 3 lety +13

    A video on Kabbalah would be dope. It's mostly spoonfed in a very vague and rather uncompelling way on CZcams, but it has such a deep history as a study of metaphysics that still holds up in many ways today.

    • @mikkek7555
      @mikkek7555 Před 2 lety

      Yeah I find it weird he didn't mention yoga or kabbalah, the oldest metaphysical systems.

  • @sukindiamuzik
    @sukindiamuzik Před 8 lety +391

    I'm lost lmao

    • @user-ji7ik7ef3s
      @user-ji7ik7ef3s Před 5 lety +28

      i think metaphysics was made to be lost in (eternally)

    • @overseer3072
      @overseer3072 Před 4 lety +14

      It’s just ppl rebelling against god .. they refuse to accept god as alpha and omega ....so they have a bunch of endless unanswerable questions

    • @handsomedude7644
      @handsomedude7644 Před 3 lety

      Haha. You're silly

    • @amethystthadon4840
      @amethystthadon4840 Před 3 lety +12

      over seer nobody can prove a god, your statement is a logical fallacy. Just because nobody knows our origins doesn’t mean that their is a god. The truth is nobody knows our origins and to be rational is to accept that

    • @amethystthadon4840
      @amethystthadon4840 Před 3 lety

      jca 99 what is your goal in this statement?

  • @alexisvanity5151
    @alexisvanity5151 Před 5 lety +43

    As a child, I use to find myself staring so intensely at my hands, that I genuinely started to question whether I was real or not. Whether anything was real or not.. Thoughts?

    • @BasitAli-uc1qk
      @BasitAli-uc1qk Před 5 lety +6

      i experience this the every day of my life

    • @BasitAli-uc1qk
      @BasitAli-uc1qk Před 5 lety +4

      since my child hood i have been troubled with these questions and experiences.
      its just feels very lucky to know what others can never know and horrifying very horrifying. How ever
      as real as this world is there exist a spiritual world and the religions in there true essence were meant to elevate the soul(which is subtle) to these stations higher stations and keep going to ultimate reality(GOD ).How ever this can only be achieved when one has an other person who can elevate you.

    • @terrykarekarem9180
      @terrykarekarem9180 Před 4 lety

      Yes my hands are always the tipping point.

    • @ASJacob
      @ASJacob Před 4 lety +1

      You start moving into the realm of no thought? Am I right?
      It's the same state that meditational practices are used to reach. To quiet the mind and just observe!

    • @tseeker438
      @tseeker438 Před 4 lety +4

      As children, it is easier to go into the void because our minds are not obstructed by the poison of the world, nor polluted physically by it. When I was young, and presently, I would stare into the mirror and ask, "who is this person before me?".

  • @c.philipmckenzie
    @c.philipmckenzie Před 7 lety +94

    I'm not sure why people take such umbrage to this lesson; I thought it was quite well done.

  • @jake2deeznuts
    @jake2deeznuts Před 2 lety +4

    There aren't many of your videos I don't like. You seem to get down to the truth no matter the subject. The world needs more of you sir. 🤘

  • @RohanKayani
    @RohanKayani Před 5 měsíci

    Something about your voice puts people in a trance. Perfect for a discussion on metaphysics.

  • @jossedwards9769
    @jossedwards9769 Před 2 lety

    he sounds so youthful and joyous in these older videos. Dude sounds so weathered in his recent stuff.

  • @logospgs
    @logospgs Před 2 lety +2

    spirituality and metaphysics go hand in hand.

  • @alanlasquite709
    @alanlasquite709 Před 4 lety +5

    You lost me at 0:01

  • @silk3142
    @silk3142 Před 3 lety +2

    I read comments before watching but I listened closer & took some notes. Metaphysics is quite interesting , plan on watching your “Nietzsche & Metaphysics” video next & do hope the brothers at Academy of Ideas write a book & have a good life.

    • @drenafroethfnaoratnetoa1002
      @drenafroethfnaoratnetoa1002 Před 3 lety

      KEY OF ALL MAKING/MAKING OF REALITIES
      IOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIO KEY TO OPEN UP MULTI-UNIVERSE AS WELL AS MORE.
      GREETINGS YEE OF WHO STILL THINKETH YEE ARE YOUR PHYSICAL BODY UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT YEE ARE MUCH MORE AS YEE ARE A CREATION FORCE WITHIN YEE AS ALL HAVE THE SAME BEGINNING FROM FORM TO FORMLESS LIMITLESS WE ARE ALL ONE

  • @D00R50FP3RC3P710N
    @D00R50FP3RC3P710N Před 6 lety +15

    3:41 You Cannot Answer "What does exist?" without answering "What does it mean to exist". If you don't have a concept to what is existence how can you provide a inventory of the things that exist? So maybe the reason why present day ontologists do not concern about the concept of existence is because they probably already have a very good answer to the question "what does it mean to exist", am I right?

    • @commandar88
      @commandar88 Před 5 lety +1

      That's the difference in general and special metaphysics. You have to understand both

    • @TaunellE
      @TaunellE Před 5 lety +2

      You can't answer either. It's all up to the perciever.

  • @treyphish
    @treyphish Před 5 lety +15

    Kinda interesting. It's why I say sometimes that, there's no language that can describe what I'm feeling. It's something more than what can be described, it's beyond physical.

  • @clipso9061
    @clipso9061 Před 2 lety +1

    The answer to the 3 questions is one word. Choices. These philosophers lost themselves in their words, the key is sight. To see past the thin veil that hides the disappointing truth of a one word answer. Understand that, and you will see the stream of time fluidly. And most likely go mad upon the sight of the fractal.

  • @williamaleman5460
    @williamaleman5460 Před 5 lety +64

    Metaphysics: the nature of reality.

    • @farzad1021
      @farzad1021 Před 3 měsíci

      But I think Metaphysics means asking questions about Existence, Reality, Truth and Mind is Metaphysics. Now I categories Metaphysics into 3 primary parts those are:
      1, Ontology
      2, Realogy
      3, Mindology
      So, I start with:
      Ontology: So, Ontology ask questions about Existence, Physicality, Causality, Space, Universals, Property and Substance. So, questions are like:
      1, What is existence?
      2, What is the criterion of existence?
      3, Is it possible for something to not exist for now but to exist in future?
      4, What is causality?
      5, Is causality a mental construct?
      6, What is the nature of causality?
      7, What is universals?
      8, Are there any universals?
      9, What is space?
      10, What is the nature of space?
      11, What is property?
      12, What is substance?
      13. What does Physical means?
      14. Are all things are Physical?
      And there is:
      Realogy: It's a fancy word I made. So, the word “Rea” comes from the English word “Real.” And logy is a Greek word that means “Study.” So, if we coin it then it means “Study of reality.” But again terms are flexible. So, it's primarily ask about reality. But it also ask about Truth. So, questions here are like:
      1, What is reality?
      2, What is the nature of reality?
      3, Do our observations and perceptions about reality match with reality?
      4. Are there any subjective realities?
      5. Is reality a mental construct?
      6. What is Truth?
      7. What is the nature of Truth?
      8. Are there any relative and subjective Truths?
      9. How can we get to the Truth?
      Then there is:
      Mindology: Again it's a fancy word I made. So, “Mind” means ”Mind.” And “logy” means “Study.” So, if we coin it then it means “Study of mind.” So, it asks questions about Mind, Consciousness, Identity, Self, Soul and Personhood. So, here questions are like:
      1, What is mind?
      2, Do mind and brain are same thing?
      3, What is consciousness?
      4, Where consciousness arises?
      5, Does consciousness arise from non-physical things?
      6, Does everything have consciousness?
      7. If not, what things have consciousness?
      8, Can I be certain that other living beings have consciousness when I can't check their consciousness?
      9, What is self?
      10, What is identity?
      11, How can a human have the same self and identity when he changes all the time?
      12, What is personhood?
      13, What is soul?
      14, Do we have any soul?
      So, what you think about my this definition of Metaphysics?

  • @theoneaboveall702
    @theoneaboveall702 Před 3 lety +7

    Being a curious physics lover. It's one of the finest video on CZcams I've ever seen

  • @WholisticSociety
    @WholisticSociety Před měsícem

    Metaphysics is identifying behavior and how behavior manifests.

  • @WessWalters
    @WessWalters Před 2 lety +2

    Well done. You simplified a very complex concept.

  • @davidattalin7073
    @davidattalin7073 Před 3 lety +7

    Everything that was, is and ever will be has always existed.

    • @johnscaduto9332
      @johnscaduto9332 Před 2 lety

      But, entropy...

    • @johnscaduto9332
      @johnscaduto9332 Před 2 lety +1

      But I guess here's where the truth in your statement is: what was, is, and ever will be?
      God alone... so yes, God always existed

  • @jordanhartt6448
    @jordanhartt6448 Před 5 lety +2

    Understanding the Metaphysics changes the Metaphysics

  • @arcane369
    @arcane369 Před 3 lety

    Amazing! How words can't truly explain "What is"

    • @arcane369
      @arcane369 Před 3 lety

      Words itself is within reality!

  • @ConversationswithHeavenonEarth

    I think you all need to read books from Dolores Cannon, this will show you what modern metaphysics looks like.

    • @paodbdauw
      @paodbdauw Před 4 lety +1

      yep we are on the right path towards the truths.

    • @ConversationswithHeavenonEarth
      @ConversationswithHeavenonEarth Před 4 lety

      @@paodbdauw Dolores Cannon work makes all these concept into one experience for the client. Love to all people aware of Dolores Cannon

  • @marcpadilla1094
    @marcpadilla1094 Před 4 lety

    I could never pin it down to anything but the study of the nature of things. I couldn't give a concrete example of what that means except maybe a focus on intuition and instincts. Instantiated is a good word.

  • @lucofparis4819
    @lucofparis4819 Před 2 lety +2

    This is a well made video, I appreciate that. Thank you.
    So, in short metaphysics is the study of what is fundamental in reality, apparently...
    This gives me pause because it is nowadays pretty obvious that physics has been encountering such questions as well for a while now, and suffice it to say, metaphysics self-admittedly made no progress toward anwsering these questions, to the point of being somewhat at peace with the idea of never being able to answer them. And the hallmark of metaphysics is that it makes extensive use of armchair analytic, a priori reasoning.
    Meanwhile, physics does not have to be fed data in this strange ivory tower manner and can and will explore the emergent in order to comprehend its fundamental underpinnings, via observation _and_ theorizing. This means scientific reasoning is fundamentally synthetic, a posteriori reasoning.
    Contrasting those two approaches helps to highlight how metaphysics is in fact piggy backing on the scientific activity, not underpinning it, contrary to what those who held it as 'first knowledge' falsely believed. From this we can also make the inference that should metaphysics ever be effective, it stands to reason that it should incorporate scientificity, not reject it. Meanwhile, cosmology, psychology, and to an extent even 'theology' in Aristotle's sense have already been turned into scientific fields with great success. In many ways, we also have quantum physics to tackle the ontological question, though to no fundamental avail just yet. Nevertheless, it remains a very new field of study that still has much room to grow. With that being said, it seems to me that physics has already gobbled up and 'scientified' the field of metaphysics without having philosophers ever admitting that it had done so.

    • @lucofparis4819
      @lucofparis4819 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ANDROLOMA It's strange how you can seemingly read two paragraphs where I delineated my points and yet not even notice them, despite the use of 'very refined words' in your opinion. I guess you just didn't care whatsoever to even comprehend what you were reading, perhaps out of the assumption that I was trying to be overly pedantic?
      A clearer version just for you:
      • Metaphysics purports to search for the foundations of reality.
      • It does so by analyzing the ideas we form about - and models we use to describe - reality.
      • Metaphysics self-admittedly failed as a field of fundamental research.
      • Physics also happens to be searching for the foundations of reality.
      • It does so by synthesizing observations we make of - and hypotheses we use to describe - reality.
      • Physics self-evidently succeeded as a field of fundamental research.
      • Instead of changing their armchair fruitless approach, metaphysicists keep thinking exactly backwards from the scientific reasoning used in fundamental research, paying only attention to the contents of modern scientific theories instead of its methodologies and philosophical underpinnings.
      • Simultaneously, metaphysicists happily spread the idea that Metaphysics underpins scientific research, when it is currently the exact opposite, any semblance of metaphysical progress being largely owed to scientific updates of our understanding of the world.
      • Metaphysicists apparently need to philosophically pull themselves by their bootstraps and start learning how to improve their field using scientific reasoning, instead of pretending to inform science with their flawed a priori reasoning.

    • @ZoiusGM
      @ZoiusGM Před 2 lety +1

      @@lucofparis4819 Good comment.
      Though a question arises to me: why cannot we just say that metaphysics is useless since science is doing what metaphysics was 'supposed' to be doing and overwhelmingly better? Where is the use of metaphysics?
      Plus, if it isn't using the new information that science is providing, what good metaphysics is for? Furthermore metaphysics studies 'what' things are; impossible for humans to know what reality is. We can only know how it behaves and it characteristics which are investigated by science. In other words, humans cannot know 'what' things are; they can only know 'what' things are by their behaviour and characteristics, only know the behaviour and characteristics.

    • @dreadedstranger966
      @dreadedstranger966 Před rokem +1

      ​@@ANDROLOMA can you please tell me why he concluded nothing.i thought his conclusion was that metaphysics is not as practical as science and that it is being gobbled up by science. Why is that not a conclusion?

    • @ANDROLOMA
      @ANDROLOMA Před rokem

      @@dreadedstranger966 I never seriously regard anyone who claims to know what others are thinking. It's monstrously impertinent.

    • @ANDROLOMA
      @ANDROLOMA Před rokem

      @@dreadedstranger966 Yeah, you're right. I'll withdraw my previous objections.

  • @evenesteven
    @evenesteven Před 2 měsíci

    In metaphysics we only look at predicaments/categories which can only be understood metaphysically. We do not look at action or passion for example, which relate to philosophy of life and of ethics, just as we also leave aside time and place... Indeed, what can being tell us about the time and place? Nothing ! Being is nowhere in particular, any more than it is late, on time or early: it is. Time and place therefore relate more to a philosophy of matter.
    In reality, three predicaments (of substance-principle) interest us from a metaphysical point of view: relation, quality and quantity.

  • @kriptoniteXD
    @kriptoniteXD Před 8 lety +6

    Great video! I like the way you present the ideas, simple and clear.

  • @LazyLaw-
    @LazyLaw- Před 8 měsíci

    Tbh even i, a theist, am intrigued by metaphysics.
    Its just such a fascinating concept and i’d like to study it more despite the language barrier (anything by Kant seems like a bunch of random words put together to me)

  • @hawklord100
    @hawklord100 Před 2 lety

    A quick understanding is that Metaphysics is related to Spirituality and the 'living' Philosophys, as against Theology out of which comes religous dogma and physics (or the desire to have a fixed view) check out - The Underworld, Middleworld and Overworld of the Nine Realms of Life

  • @SanjayKumar-st2bl
    @SanjayKumar-st2bl Před 6 lety +2

    one of the best introduction i found in this video.thanks to these people

  • @yousefahmad538
    @yousefahmad538 Před 2 lety

    Dude the quotes about it before the videoe starts already puts us in a state of depression and schizophrenia

  • @jmdomaniii
    @jmdomaniii Před 6 lety +10

    You know maybe an intro to metaphysics could maybe talk a bit more about actual metaphysics

    • @silk3142
      @silk3142 Před 3 lety

      to be fair it’s an introduction , which is from the beginning so for me personally it’s quite helpful & hopefully they do more videos.

  • @neiln4478
    @neiln4478 Před 8 lety +16

    great introduction;
    a pity that some self-righteous types want every statement to be qualified for the sake of superfluous political correctness. "Obviously people have been philosophizing about the nature of reality since the dawn of self-consciousness (I thought that was so obvious as to not require stating)..."

  • @EnergyShift-kv4eu
    @EnergyShift-kv4eu Před 2 lety +4

    Metaphysics were depicted in ancient Egypt long before the Greeks. The hieroglyphics are full of metaphysics teachings.

    • @whatsup3436
      @whatsup3436 Před 2 lety +2

      I’m shocked that they’re still pretending the Greeks came up with this stuff when it’s extremely well documented that they stole all their knowledge from Africa

    • @mikkek7555
      @mikkek7555 Před 2 lety

      Yep sparked my attention too, also no mention of yoga which is also metaphysical, kabbalah too

    • @EnergyShift-kv4eu
      @EnergyShift-kv4eu Před 2 lety

      @@whatsup3436 Controlling the narrative is paramount to holding power and keeping the people docile. There was a huge Energy Shift in 2020 and the coming years will bring forth truth and liberation of the mind and spirit.

  • @Luke.y.Braswell
    @Luke.y.Braswell Před 2 lety +1

    The challenge to competitively begin to understand is so helpful with this guy's channel, 1 minuet in and I subscribed, I feel this academy of ideas is a helpful tool in begining to learn about physiology.

  • @stevelawrence5268
    @stevelawrence5268 Před 2 lety

    An established conjoined construct can be established the derivative being notably a metaself-referential.

  • @Lightmaker5
    @Lightmaker5 Před 4 lety +2

    I solved the question why there's something rather than nothing. I wrote a scientific book about it "The Great Knowledge about the Everythingness". I explain there many other related topics too.

    • @farzad1021
      @farzad1021 Před 3 měsíci

      So, what is the answer of the question, why there is something rather than nothing?

  • @processrauwill7922
    @processrauwill7922 Před 2 lety +1

    Wittgenstein almost seems like a crypto classical theist when he was saying the transcend aspects of the world are ultimately unknowable.

  • @bris1tol
    @bris1tol Před 9 lety

    Metaphysics as set theory
    I believe that Leibniz-Plato is not really philosophy, but mathematics. In fact, set theory. Unfortunately I am not a mathematician, and need some help. But here are some initial thoughts.
    In Leibniz, the physical object in spacetime is represented as a mental point called a monad. Mind is a formalization or form of mathematics in Plato-Leibniz. From set theory we find that a set is a collection of objects that it owns. This ownership I believe is what we call control, perception or creation. That is, a set controls the objects or sets within it hierarchically.
    Using the notation < to mean is conceptually contained in (a sidewise U), M as plato's Mind (the One), T as the domain of time, and S as the domain of space, p as a particle is spacetime, and m(p) as its monad, we have the sets
    m(p) < S < T < M
    The motion of an object in spacetime begins with its birth as a still point in Plato's Mind. That is. as a point in the all-encompassing set of points, Plato's Mind, which is the point containing all other (mental) points. The mental is the mathematical, the formal in terms of set theory. Time and space are quantized, as is experience, so experience is given to us a set of movie frames that we expeience as a movie.
    --
    Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (retired, 2000).
    See my Leibniz site: rclough@verizon.academia.edu/RogerClough
    For personal messages use rclough@verizon.net

    • @bris1tol
      @bris1tol Před 8 lety

      what I said was wrong. space and time are either inseparably together as in spacetime or they do not exist, as in mind.

  • @stevecoley8365
    @stevecoley8365 Před 3 lety +4

    Metaphysics 101:
    Metaphysical Hierarchy:
    Mystic... beautiful dreaming
    Magical...harmony
    Musical... language of music
    Artistic... pictures/metaphors
    Poetic... language of words
    Numerical...we are here
    Mystics create the most joy (smart). Accountants create the least joy (ignorant). Yet accountants rule the world. (ignorant).
    Every notice that beings who speak in the language of music can create joy that energizes thousands of beings to celebrate and dance?
    Ever notice that corpses who speak with brain numbing, soul sucking numbers do the exact opposite?
    Sanction, starve, torture, murder and bomb (wheeeee)! Ignorance (hate) is bliss for vampires (greed). But not much fun for the humans (love) who they are sucking the joy out of.
    Light and truth (love) cause vampires (greed) great pain and suffering. That's why the words "democratic society", "care for all" and "green new deal" cause the evangelical counting corpses that rule US such misery.
    The hostile evangelical vampires (greed) are "desperate" to control a darkship called the Whitehouse. Because working in the dark to suck the joy out of life and devour earth is the only way that the loveless, lifeless parasites can survive and thrive.
    Unlike earthling poets, artists, musicians, mystics, human beings and creators of joy...the evangelical counting corpses that rule US can't create harmony (real intelligence) because vampires (greed) are ignorant (dead).
    The clever coyote (greed) is always trying to catch the roadrunner (love). But never does. Because something that is not real (absence of love) can never catch that which is real (love).
    That coyote is a crazy clown...
    The roadrunner is the state bird of the Land of Enchantment. The land of magic (love).

  • @zzzorb
    @zzzorb Před 4 měsíci

    you put this together really well.

  • @humanoid6365
    @humanoid6365 Před 3 lety +2

    I was listening to History by One Direction and one of the commenters put the link to this video. I clicked on it. I am angry.

  • @primodernious
    @primodernious Před 4 lety +7

    i always taught metaphysics had somthing to do with how the invisible of energy materialized its nature in matter so that its energy and pattern transformed inorganic matter into life forms, and that substance was only a conductor of the invisibe and unexplainable.

    • @sammysmith586
      @sammysmith586 Před 4 lety +1

      Your excellent comment gave me a new insight to my personal views on metaphysics. Thank you so much for posting!!!! You are EXTREMELY close to the truth of the subject!!!

    • @eltonron1558
      @eltonron1558 Před 3 lety

      The first rule of Biogenisis is that life can only come from other life. Your character is metaphysical, not a rock coming to life. That other comment on your comment, is pulling your leg. In a human, energy can be felt, so it is not metaphysical. In electronics, energy can be measured, so it is not metaphysical.

  • @ElliotExorcist
    @ElliotExorcist Před 5 měsíci

    I took notes on this, and it was epic.

  • @charlesgodwin2191
    @charlesgodwin2191 Před 4 lety +1

    Reality = that which is
    Being = potential
    Existence = actual

  • @brysonstevens1431
    @brysonstevens1431 Před rokem +2

    Not even a shot out to possibly the greatest metaphysician of all time ):
    Thomas Aquinas

  • @marcpadilla1094
    @marcpadilla1094 Před 4 lety

    Philosophical mysticism. Metaphysics and Phenomenology. The epoch for example or intentionality as transcendent - Mystical.

  • @DantZGoldshmidt
    @DantZGoldshmidt Před 11 lety +4

    Your videos are well prepared and very informative. Please continue doing what your doing!
    Thank you!

  • @KnightRider872
    @KnightRider872 Před 2 lety +1

    So correct me if I’m wrong...basically while the believer in Metaphysics sits there pondering if the muggers axe is actually real or only exists in his mind...he could actually be killed by the very same axe now embedded in his brain!
    Did I get that right? Or have I got Metaphysics all wrong?

  • @Music_Creativity_Science
    @Music_Creativity_Science Před 9 lety +3

    Why would a species evolve in such a way, that it is able to think about why it exists, and come to a conclusion that its existence has no basic purpose ?
    (A random/accidental event has no purpose, like dropping an egg on the floor by mistake).
    Is it beneficial for survival, a natural evolution process ?

    • @TriumphantArk
      @TriumphantArk Před 9 lety +2

      Talents, young artists, music charts We are Born... some wish to find out what this place they are in and what they are but others only learn to want gold and to control slaves....there is a purpose if you make wisdom first place instead of gold and control. Some find out they are born in heaven others think heaven is hell because its difficult to control others.

    • @Music_Creativity_Science
      @Music_Creativity_Science Před 9 lety

      maxcp5 True

    • @Window4503
      @Window4503 Před 6 lety +1

      This is the irrational conclusion that can only follow the rejection of a personal, sentient Universal. As long as humans wrongly consider themselves autonomous, they will flounder in the void they created through faulty premises. In short, many are hypocrites. They claim there is no ultimate meaning but live every day as though there were. They claim autonomy but they cannot will themselves into or out of existence. They claim spiritual progress but stumble around, following emotions and conflicting with others. The truth is, the answers are already revealed, but many reject them because of their source. Thus, the ones accused of being unspiritual are more spiritual than those who pursue a mystic spirituality that is nothing more than navel-gazing, an attempt to pull a universal out of a particular, which is illogical and unsound.

    • @TomAnderson_81
      @TomAnderson_81 Před 6 lety

      Window4503
      Where were the answers revealed?

  • @jarethwizard5997
    @jarethwizard5997 Před 2 lety

    Seeking enlightenment most of you are on the right path stick with it

  • @topsysportshow
    @topsysportshow Před rokem

    THIS IS METAPHYSICS ON POINT ❤ THANKS FOR THIS!

  • @nukepizzaa
    @nukepizzaa Před 5 lety

    5:18
    1) The world is made out of tools and obstacles. In a classroom that you try to remember you won't remember random facts like 'these tiles are slightly bigger than these tiles' if you don't interact with them. You will remember the stairs, because you can walk on them, the door because you can open it and the things on the floor you can stumble over. You first see tool/obstacle and then later what it is objectively and as far as your neurochemistry is concerned that's more real than our objective representation of the world. That might be the answer to question one, tools and obstacles.

  • @sidious6826
    @sidious6826 Před 5 lety +4

    There is another good channel on CZcams for this sort of stuff. It's called Afterlife Topics And Metaphysics 😁

  • @phantom7crossrose528
    @phantom7crossrose528 Před 5 lety +1

    it means above or beyond physics not after, and it pre dates anything you could possibly know, you're welcome 😇

    • @andrewmorgan8170
      @andrewmorgan8170 Před 5 lety

      μετα in ancient greek literally means "after"

    • @phantom7crossrose528
      @phantom7crossrose528 Před 5 lety +1

      Andrew Morgan really don't care what ancient Greek says, the term metaphysics as pertains to esoterics does and has always been above or beyond physics, "google machine" experts get a lot of shit wrong, you're welcome 😇

    • @andrewmorgan8170
      @andrewmorgan8170 Před 5 lety

      ancient greek has some great literature, you should give it a chance sometime

    • @phantom7crossrose528
      @phantom7crossrose528 Před 5 lety

      Andrew Morgan oh yeah man, like da cat what was so enamored of himself while admiring his reflection in a pool he felt in an drownt heself, sounds cool, maybe I check that shit out home, thank you so much for expanding my horizons 🤔

    • @sammysmith586
      @sammysmith586 Před 4 lety

      @@phantom7crossrose528 I absolutely agree with everything you said,"....above and beyond says it all!! Thank you for posting.

  • @owl6218
    @owl6218 Před 5 lety +1

    Wittgenstien is right. The answers are outside. That
    is what all the mystics say. But the last statement is a fine one, too

  • @Anarcath
    @Anarcath Před 6 lety +1

    Metaphysics is the study of origins. Ontology is the study of structures of Being.

  • @Calmflames619
    @Calmflames619 Před 4 lety +1

    yea the greeks didn't start metaphysics, ancient kemet/egyptians had metaphysical concepts before greeks

  • @blackmass2564
    @blackmass2564 Před 6 lety +2

    I think there are infinite dimensions as well as an infinite chain of simulation within simulation.

    • @ppd2471
      @ppd2471 Před 5 lety

      Theres a move on this. Its quiet the fuck interesting. I believe it's on black mirror. I wont say which one to watch as they are all good. But as far as what you just said about an infinite chain of simulation within simulation; you'll know which episode is this when you watch it; by the ending of it. (Netflix has it but I think they are taking the episodes off)

  • @pratikhmasulkar
    @pratikhmasulkar Před 4 lety

    You should do a series on Upanishads as it is a highly sophisticated account of metaphysics, perhaps more sophisticated than the Greek counterparts.

    • @heartsfear9216
      @heartsfear9216 Před 4 lety

      I dont think he will ever do a series on indian philisophy (maybe a video?), there is still much more to discuss about Nietzsche, Jung, Schoppenhauer, Hume and others.

    • @pratikhmasulkar
      @pratikhmasulkar Před 4 lety

      It is just a suggestion. Also because of the fact that half of what Schoppenhauer says is either the Upanishads or Buddhist philosophy.

  • @jagyaaseni
    @jagyaaseni Před 2 lety

    This video is gold.

  • @frederickhoward5598
    @frederickhoward5598 Před 4 lety

    Beyond the physics, the semantics,the study of first principle of reality, behind the nature of Truth.

  • @loganplourde886
    @loganplourde886 Před 6 lety +1

    Metaphysics is jangling the universe’s energies

  • @purezentity6582
    @purezentity6582 Před 3 lety +1

    Very nicely research, well done.
    If you look deeper, there is a system of Creation,not in Metaphysics,the one found close enough is Kabbalah, I am Asian and I am not Jewish either, but I do like deep thinkers.I. Found Kabbalah is very close.
    I had my own set of system too; 3 Parts
    1rst- Psychology
    2nd- Philosophy
    3rd- Analytical.
    Using this, will set to the new way of thinking, we all thinking in the wrong direction, that is why the is. Mess right now.
    I hope 2021 my book will finish. So I can come out and give the world.

    • @georgebenichou9727
      @georgebenichou9727 Před 3 lety

      know your "own " self and you will know the universe and the God ....then in doing so if you are enlighted ; you will be able to understand this mean to see (inwardly mentally or outwardly physically )the causes and the effects of everything on earth ...and of course here in this planet .....all the actual problems for humanity as a whole but also the solutions but very difficult to apply ....humanity is at this phase of evolution precisely to learn the great lessons of what metaphysics is and get back into order and purity of mind (spirit) and body !!!!!! and apply its laws that will bring order harmonious relationship everywhere then justice then peace then security then relaxation then health then clarity of mind then clear thinking and understanding of one and others then real love of everything and real respect of all then all energies gathered for the One in Unity of humanity .!!! Utopy or reality to reach...???? humanity is on the move right now ....and metaphysics is called for more than ever before ...!!!! each human being is expected to think deeply seriously to try to unravel this situation ...the laws of metaphysics must be learned and thought everywhere .ask and enquire .a book is on the way ...

    • @purezentity6582
      @purezentity6582 Před 3 lety

      @@georgebenichou9727 You are the first, I want to share my system, if you PM me.
      What I had, is all what you had said and then some.

  • @qskyghost82googlechromecas24

    So what about metaphysics in relations unto Albert Einstein & quantum physics & quantum etc., & the fifth dimension? & is metaphysics the fifth dimension in your opinion honestly?

    • @marybuford5414
      @marybuford5414 Před 5 lety

      nah, that was a group formed by Marylin McCoo and some other folks...botta bing

    • @vedanshsingh5251
      @vedanshsingh5251 Před 5 lety

      Well of you observe closely, not all things which are unexplainable can be referred as or under the "fifth dimension". You could say that though, but not necessarily for all things.

    • @darkice3267
      @darkice3267 Před 5 lety

      @@vedanshsingh5251
      I'm kinda new to this so excuse me if my question is dumb. But is the 5th dimension bound by time or does it exist outside of it ?

    • @vedanshsingh5251
      @vedanshsingh5251 Před 5 lety

      @@darkice3267 We don't know yet. By hypothetical thinking we COULD say that it is beyond time but how would it be possible? If there is no time, there is no space and movement becomes automatically zero.
      I can give you the reference where it is said in comics that there lie characters beyond time and space, which are 5th dimensional and beyond but it's just a fallacy after all, since there can be nothing beyond time except for those who can create it, i.e. the likes of God.

    • @darkice3267
      @darkice3267 Před 5 lety +1

      @@vedanshsingh5251
      But there might be several planes of existence where things might not be bound to time. Or their laws might be completely different than ours.
      Ofc this is all just a theory but nevertheless interesting

  • @magicmery
    @magicmery Před rokem

    Metaphysics goes back to *Ancient Egypt* and was taught to Hippocrates who brought the new knowledge to Greece. Please, please, please get it right. This is actual history and we're tired of the neglect in acknowledgement and insufficient teachings. Other than that, great video. Thank you for your attention.

  • @nerf2752
    @nerf2752 Před 2 lety

    1st. I am just trying to figure out in metaphysics and epistemology which means "truth" itself and which means "the study of the properties of truth". I hope it is metaphysics = study of truth because it had meta in it.
    2nd. is philosophy = meta-physics + epistamology + ethics ?

  • @siebealbers473
    @siebealbers473 Před 3 lety

    I also read that Kant wrote "“I have the fortune to be a lover of metaphysics".
    Metaphysics, is this just a word that philosophers like to throw around? I have seen so many different notions of the term... Like consciousness, if there are >100 definitions, is there none?

  • @MPezant1215
    @MPezant1215 Před 4 lety +1

    'the solution of the riddle of life ,space and time lies outside of space and time.'''there are, indeed, things that are inexpressible. They show themselves. They are what is mystical''' ...The password is Dimethyltryptamine

  • @rabidash3067
    @rabidash3067 Před rokem

    Thanks for the information provided.

  • @emilandersen8628
    @emilandersen8628 Před 4 měsíci

    Thanks for the video

  • @catherinezimba5078
    @catherinezimba5078 Před 7 měsíci

    Thank you so much for the knowledge shared ❤❤❤

  • @tiffanyd.8660
    @tiffanyd.8660 Před 7 lety +1

    Thank you for this video.

  • @KayBrin25
    @KayBrin25 Před 5 lety +5

    What about metaphysics in Ancient Egypt? Why before Aristole

    • @brianharris6437
      @brianharris6437 Před 5 lety

      Do you have a source for that? What schools, founding figures, or texts have come down to us from Egypt that predate Aristotle?

    • @KayBrin25
      @KayBrin25 Před 5 lety

      @@brianharris6437 Yes... There is you should do some research on it! Besides trying argue in the comments.... Lol

    • @jeremyheintz1479
      @jeremyheintz1479 Před 4 lety

      Are you talking about the Kangz?

  • @bradspitt3896
    @bradspitt3896 Před 4 lety +1

    I stumbled onto philosophy trying to better articulate myself, tired of being misunderstood. My relationships were suffering because I couldn't communicate. So I tried to figure how to "prove" something was true. I'm talking about Epistemology. In short, you can't "prove" anything, certainty doesn't exist. Understanding epistemology helped me understand metaphysics. I think that's where people should start although I was connected to it passionately not indifferently.

  • @rgaleny
    @rgaleny Před 5 lety +1

    ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE

  • @watchmewinx6474
    @watchmewinx6474 Před 2 měsíci

    So metaphysics is best exemplified by Terrence Howard in “get rich or die trying” in the scene where he says” when I’m right I’m right and when I’m wrong I’m right , cause I coulda been wrong, but I’m not” .

  • @matthewbruce4988
    @matthewbruce4988 Před 5 lety +12

    Metaphysical thought is much older than Greek civilization

    • @brianharris6437
      @brianharris6437 Před 5 lety +2

      Are you claiming that the presocratics are antedated by, say, the work of Indian and Chinese philosophers?

  • @Shabudana
    @Shabudana Před 11 měsíci

    Physics used to be a branch of philosophy too, back in the days it used to be called natural philosophy later reunions with maths just to become a branch of science

  • @brycevannote5553
    @brycevannote5553 Před 2 lety

    Can problems that exist in the abstract be truly solved? That is, not leading to another effect that has unknown consequences?

  • @Firstthunder
    @Firstthunder Před 2 lety

    Why categorize every state of being?

  • @lowtattoos
    @lowtattoos Před 2 lety

    At 5:44 why did the background color change to make it harder to read ? Everything is white background black lettering untilllll!