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Benedict Broere · **Paranormal and Metaphysics ? -** 05-01-2006, 02:01 PM

Within the entry 'Links' I saw a to me very strange association: paranormal and metaphysics.

To me 'paranormal' has to do with levitation, forsight and all that, while 'metaphysics' forms the traditionally seen central activity of philosophy.
Even today many philosophers consider metaphysics, that is to say the reviewed version of it, as the actual of philosophy.

May be the association has to do with the different view the anglosaxon world and the continental world has on philosophy. But I thought this already was something of the past.

Metaphysics has to do with all that that is absolutely necesarry for this world to be able to exist. It has to do with all that that absolutely not can be ignored without losing the whole of this world. So it has to do with its most essential, that what matters most.

The paranormal (maybe) just concerns an aspect of what is there is as world.
To me therefor metaphysics comes right after or with the theory of everything. Because 'theory' suggests the possibillity of 'making it into real science' via 'verification and withstanding falsification'. While metaphysics will stay in the domain of the 'plausible'.

Actually I think both have the problem that their subject, this reality, exceeds the scientificly researchable. Or maybe future science can tackle this in overcoming the borders of our investigative mind.

Still, both stem from the same intuition, that somewhere in the past started to speak of this world as being 'cosmos' and 'uni-verse'.

They thought a Logos in the center of all this.

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Benedict Broere 1st degree Black Belt Status: Offline Posts: 205 Thanks Given: 0 Thanked 11x in 10 Posts Join Date: Apr 2006 Rep Power: 12	Paranormal and Metaphysics ? - 05-01-2006, 02:01 PM Within the entry 'Links' I saw a to me very strange association: paranormal and metaphysics. To me 'paranormal' has to do with levitation, forsight and all that, while 'metaphysics' forms the traditionally seen central activity of philosophy. Even today many philosophers consider metaphysics, that is to say the reviewed version of it, as the actual of philosophy. May be the association has to do with the different view the anglosaxon world and the continental world has on philosophy. But I thought this already was something of the past. Metaphysics has to do with all that that is absolutely necesarry for this world to be able to exist. It has to do with all that that absolutely not can be ignored without losing the whole of this world. So it has to do with its most essential, that what matters most. The paranormal (maybe) just concerns an aspect of what is there is as world. To me therefor metaphysics comes right after or with the theory of everything. Because 'theory' suggests the possibillity of 'making it into real science' via 'verification and withstanding falsification'. While metaphysics will stay in the domain of the 'plausible'. Actually I think both have the problem that their subject, this reality, exceeds the scientificly researchable. Or maybe future science can tackle this in overcoming the borders of our investigative mind. Still, both stem from the same intuition, that somewhere in the past started to speak of this world as being 'cosmos' and 'uni-verse'. They thought a Logos in the center of all this.