![]() ![]() Its history spans thousands of years, but it isn’t so clear that ‘progress’ has been made in the same way it has for science. We might generalize this finding to philosophy as a whole. ![]() Whereas a natural science like physics has been uncovering truths and building on them over time, metaphysics doesn’t have a historical heritage or at least, one hasn’t materialized yet. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals with fundamental questions about being: what it means for something to exist, what reality is as opposed to mere appearance, and so on.ĭespite the fact that these are the ‘big questions’ of the human condition, philosophers still can’t agree about definite answers to any of them. If metaphysics is a science, why is it that it cannot, as other sciences, attain universal and lasting acclaim? ![]() In the preface to his Prolegomena, Kant asks the following provocative question: ![]()
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