why is metaphysics described as one of the pillars of philosophy?

Question

...or why is it described as a fundamental principle of philosophy?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics
This should help.

Answer 2

metaphysics are the fundamental aspects of knowing and consciousness. If we cannot know and if we are not conscious we cannot create philosophy. Descartes' "I think therefore I am" forms the basis of epistemological certainly upon which all philosophy is built. Without 'being' in the Cartesian sense we are powerless to argue in the real world and since philosophy is argument working from the known toward a greater understanding of the unknown we must know that we exist before we can argue about the nature of existence.

Answer 3

The science purifies the religion of the droos.
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Can we using formulas and equations of physics
to know anything about the God ?
Is it possible to explain religion with the help of the
physical and mathematical theorems?
Yes. It is possible.
Because creating all MATERIAL WORLD the God
could only working in an absolute reference system
and only under physical and mathematical laws.
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1.
What is the absolute reference system?
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Now it is consider, that reference frame connected with
relict isotropic radiation T = 2,7K is absolute.
But T = 2,7K is not a constant factor.
This relict isotropic radiation continues to extend and decrease
and, hence, approximately over a period of
20 billions years will reach T=0K.
That is a structure of Nothing, of Vacuum, of Absolute Zero.
Absolute God can exist only behind
Absolute reference system : Vacuum T=0K.
2.
The Quantum physics approves, that in the beginning
God /Vacuum created " virtual particles ".
What a geometrical and physical parameters can the particles have in
the structure of Nothing, in Vacuum, in Absolute Zero in T=0K?
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According to the laws of physics :
J. Charles ( 1787), Gay-Lussac ( 1802),
W. Nernst ( 1910), A. Einstein ( 1925)
particles in a Vacuum cannot have density, volume
and consequently should be flat figures.
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These laws tell, that
then closer to zero T=0K, then the particles lose more their volume.
The volume of these particles aspire to infinity.
And then this “ infinity” comes the brain of physicists
stop to work. They refuse to think any more.
And I say when volume of the particles disappear they
become “flat phantoms”.
These “flat phantoms” are not abstract particles, they are real ones.
Quantums of light flies with speed c=1 have such geometrical form.
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2.
What is a quantum of light?
From all particles, only and only
the quantum of light is a privileged particle.
Only a light quantum has the absolute speed c=1.
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The secret of God and Existence is hiding
in the “ Theory of Light quanta”.
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Answer 4

Because philosophy is baseless, so some fools try to ground it in supernatural BS. Or no one would sell a philosophy book if someone didn't accidentally wander from the adjacent metaphysics section, looking for 'the answers to the universe' in their local bookstore.

Answer 5

There are two reasons for this....

1. Because the question of reality is such a huge topic and is so hugely debated about. plus, how can you claim to know about anything, if you do not even know reality.

2. Because philosophy teachers are horrible and they like to torture us y making us learn lots of difficult thing with lots of theories, like metaphysics

PS. don't trust Wikipedia. Anyone can add info to it, so you cant guarantee its right all the time

Answer 6

Because it must be based on something.