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  2. Metaphilosophy - Wikipedia

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    Some philosophers consider metaphilosophy to be a subject apart from philosophy, above or beyond it, [4] while others object to that idea. [5] Timothy Williamson argues that the philosophy of philosophy is "automatically part of philosophy", as is the philosophy of anything else. [6]

  3. Metaethics - Wikipedia

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    In metaphilosophy and ethics, metaethics is the study of the nature, scope, ground, and meaning of moral judgment, ethical belief, or values.It is one of the three branches of ethics generally studied by philosophers, the others being normative ethics (questions of how one ought to be and act) and applied ethics (practical questions of right behavior in given, usually contentious, situations).

  4. Metaphysics - Wikipedia

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    Beyond philosophy, its applications include the use of ontologies in artificial intelligence, economics, and sociology to classify entities. [22] In psychiatry and medicine, it examines the metaphysical status of diseases. [23] Meta-metaphysics [d] is the metatheory of metaphysics and investigates the nature and methods of metaphysics. It ...

  5. Metamodernism - Wikipedia

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    The prefix "meta-" referred not so much to a reflective stance or repeated rumination, but to Plato's metaxy, which denotes a movement between (meta) opposite poles as well as beyond (meta) them. Vermeulen and van den Akker described metamodernism as a " structure of feeling " that oscillates between modernism and postmodernism like "a pendulum ...

  6. Outline of metaphysics - Wikipedia

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    Branch of philosophyphilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. [4] [5] Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument. [6]

  7. Meta (prefix) - Wikipedia

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    Meta (from the μετά, meta, meaning 'after' or 'beyond') is an adjective meaning 'more comprehensive' or 'transcending'. [1]In modern nomenclature, the prefix meta can also serve as a prefix meaning self-referential, as a field of study or endeavor (metatheory: theory about a theory; metamathematics: mathematical theories about mathematics; meta-axiomatics or meta-axiomaticity: axioms about ...

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    Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says what matters most in his hiring philosophy is people being able to do one thing really well.

  9. Metatheory - Wikipedia

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    Meta-theoretical investigations are part of the philosophy of science. [5] The topic of metascience is an attempt to use scientific knowledge to improve the practice of science itself. The study of metatheory became widespread during the 20th century after its application to various topics, including scientific linguistics and its concept of ...