Exploring reality with clear, rigorous thinking — a foundational guide to what reality is, and how we know it.
This accessible introduction lays out the big questions of metaphysics, showing how the study differs from science, logic, and religion while offering a precise, analytical method. It explains how reality is understood through experience, and how a complete view of existence could look, even as it maps the limits of our knowledge today. The book also clarifies how metaphysical inquiry relates to other major subdivisions like ontology, cosmology, and rational psychology, making a complex topic approachable for curious readers.
- What reality means for human experience and how it shapes scientific inquiry
- The idea of a universal criterion of reality that guides metaphysical analysis
- How metaphysical method is analytical, critical, and a priori in character
- The structure of reality and how our knowledge approximates a complete experience
Ideal for readers of philosophy, this edition helps you grasp the aims, scope, and methods of metaphysics without getting lost in jargon.