# Metaphysics & Epistemology **URL:** https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/c/metaphysics-epistemology/5.md?page=3 [Latest](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [Epistemic view: existence and reality are not one and the same](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/epistemic-view-existence-and-reality-are-not-one-and-the-same/839)
**Author:** [@Vlahaka](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Vlahaka)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/epistemic-view-existence-and-reality-are-not-one-and-the-same/839 "2026-04-30T09:33:05Z")
Greetings, Before I say anything, I wish to establish that I am not looking for validation, rather feedback and points of friction. That being outlined, I am currently writing a philosophical, Socratic Dialogue style b… --- ## ["Thomistic Idealism"](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/thomistic-idealism/780)
**Author:** [@TheEudemian](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/TheEudemian)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/thomistic-idealism/780 "2026-04-28T18:00:55Z")
I would like to share a brief outline of a metaphysical theory I am working on, and see everyone’s thoughts. Dare I say, I am unfamiliar if this theory has already been published; so I would be interested to hear if this… --- ## [At What Point Does Pattern Become Proof?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/at-what-point-does-pattern-become-proof/767)
**Author:** [@JHill](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/JHill)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/at-what-point-does-pattern-become-proof/767 "2026-04-24T19:05:26Z")
Most framework discussions ask whether the math holds. I want to try a different angle. If you take any stable thing in nature, a particle, a force, a phase transition, a moment of understanding between two people.You f… --- ## [Exploring a Coherent Materialist View of Reality](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/exploring-a-coherent-materialist-view-of-reality/543)
**Author:** [@Alfio](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Alfio)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/exploring-a-coherent-materialist-view-of-reality/543 "2026-04-23T03:14:57Z")
Good morning everyone, As requested, I’m briefly presenting a conceptual framework I’ve developed over time, which I’d like to subject to critical scrutiny. I’m a materialist, and by inclination, I tend to eliminate met… --- ## [Spinoza, Ilyenkov, and the Ground of Intelligibility](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/spinoza-ilyenkov-and-the-ground-of-intelligibility/427)
**Author:** [@EQV](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/EQV)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/spinoza-ilyenkov-and-the-ground-of-intelligibility/427 "2026-04-19T13:58:59Z")
You’re conflating two senses of “starting point” here. When I say rational agency is a starting point, I mean it’s the philosophical starting point for any account of normativity — including yours. I do not mean it has … --- ## [Reading Wittgenstein's On Certainty as a Whole: An Interpretive Picture](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/reading-wittgensteins-on-certainty-as-a-whole-an-interpretive-picture/129)
**Author:** [@Sam26](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Sam26)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/reading-wittgensteins-on-certainty-as-a-whole-an-interpretive-picture/129 "2026-04-14T17:33:21Z")
Reading Wittgenstein’s On Certainty as a Whole: An Interpretive Picture I’ve been reading and writing on Wittgenstein’s On Certainty since 1980, and what follows is my interpretive picture of the work as a whole. I want… --- ## [What do you take "the universe" to mean?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/what-do-you-take-the-universe-to-mean/604)
**Author:** [@FlannelJesus](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/FlannelJesus)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 8:30am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/what-do-you-take-the-universe-to-mean/604 "2026-04-14T08:30:45Z")
If someone starts talking about “The Universe”, what would you assume they’re talking about? If you start talking about “The Universe”, can you clarify the boundaries of what you’re talking about? --- ## [Metascience: The Limits and Horizons of Scientific Knowledge](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/metascience-the-limits-and-horizons-of-scientific-knowledge/544)
**Author:** [@Alfio](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Alfio)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/metascience-the-limits-and-horizons-of-scientific-knowledge/544 "2026-04-07T08:38:35Z")
I ask myself: “What if scientific explanation is the most plausible, or most likely, logical explanation for the internal coherence of a logical paradigm in an artificial system?” Even before being metaphysical, the que… --- ## [What Is Knowledge in the Age of Unlimited Information?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/what-is-knowledge-in-the-age-of-unlimited-information/382)
**Author:** [@chase.hughes](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/chase.hughes)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/what-is-knowledge-in-the-age-of-unlimited-information/382 "2026-04-06T07:35:33Z")
The question “What is knowledge?” goes back to Socrates and Plato. One of the most influential definitions that emerged later was that knowledge is justified true belief. However, modern philosophy has shown this defini… --- ## [The matter \> life transition: how Matter logically ends up in Life](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-matter-life-transition-how-matter-logically-ends-up-in-life/552)
**Author:** [@MCogito](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/MCogito)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-matter-life-transition-how-matter-logically-ends-up-in-life/552 "2026-04-03T06:28:34Z")
Abstract: I will explain how and why Matter culminates in Life using a purely metaphysical and logical process—light years away from any materialistic reductionism. What is extraordinarily metaphysical here and by far ne… --- ## [Does reason really exist?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/does-reason-really-exist/495)
**Author:** [@kaigel](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/kaigel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/does-reason-really-exist/495 "2026-03-31T02:25:34Z")
Hello, I’m writing a science fiction, fantasy, and philosophical novel, and in one section I’ll discuss whether reason truly exists in the world or only exists for itself. I’d like to share my reasoning to get feedback a… --- ## [A Middle Path Between Realism and Relativism? I Built a Framework and Need Feedback](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/a-middle-path-between-realism-and-relativism-i-built-a-framework-and-need-feedback/471)
**Author:** [@TheUnknown](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/TheUnknown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/a-middle-path-between-realism-and-relativism-i-built-a-framework-and-need-feedback/471 "2026-03-30T07:21:57Z")
I’ve been thinking about the realism/relativism debate and tried to build a middle path. I’d appreciate honest feedback as to what works, what breaks, what I’m missing. The Core Problem Consider a jar containing exactl… --- ## [How Reality Self-Constructs Across Categories of Being (The Dynamic Heart of Reality)](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/how-reality-self-constructs-across-categories-of-being-the-dynamic-heart-of-reality/407)
**Author:** [@MCogito](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/MCogito)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 5:13am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/how-reality-self-constructs-across-categories-of-being-the-dynamic-heart-of-reality/407 "2026-03-27T05:13:54Z")
Abstract: This is the logical core of the MCogito metaphysical system. Here, we will model exactly how Reality transitions from one category to the next, using the exact same structural mechanism for every single phase … --- ## [A new concept of causality for the matter-life-thought multi-categorical metaphysics](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/a-new-concept-of-causality-for-the-matter-life-thought-multi-categorical-metaphysics/317)
**Author:** [@MCogito](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/MCogito)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/a-new-concept-of-causality-for-the-matter-life-thought-multi-categorical-metaphysics/317 "2026-03-17T16:37:31Z")
Abstract : this post demonstrate a new concept of causality that works the same for any category of beings : material, living, thinking. In my first post : Breaking the \[Nature-Human\] bi-categorical framework of Philoso… --- ## [Thomist Epistemology - Sensible Form and Intelligible Form](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/thomist-epistemology-sensible-form-and-intelligible-form/287)
**Author:** [@Wayfarer](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Wayfarer)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/thomist-epistemology-sensible-form-and-intelligible-form/287 "2026-03-17T01:57:31Z")
“EVERYTHING in the cosmic universe is composed of matter and form. Everything is concrete and individual. Hence the forms of cosmic entities must also be concrete and individual. Now, the process of knowledge is immedia… --- ## [Notes on Phaedo](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/notes-on-phaedo/120)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/notes-on-phaedo/120 "2026-03-14T10:42:25Z")
Hi guys! I’ve changed the format of this thread. It was a reading group thread, but it’s evolved into just my notes and any comments or discussion they might inspire. This dialogue revolves around Pythagorean concepts… --- ## [A taxonomy of hinges?](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/a-taxonomy-of-hinges/113)
**Author:** [@Banno](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Banno)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/a-taxonomy-of-hinges/113 "2026-03-14T00:51:22Z")
Following on from @Sam26’s topic in The Other Place, and discussions with @Paine and @Fooloso4\*, I thought it might be interesting to discuss the various sorts of indubitability mentioned in On Certainty. There are a ra… --- ## [Existence and Reality](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/existence-and-reality/141)
**Author:** [@ucarr](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/ucarr)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/existence-and-reality/141 "2026-03-08T00:04:28Z")
Existence and reality are distinct realms. Existence, being the larger realm, houses reality, the smaller realm. The two realms overlap in terms of the raw physics of existence. Reality is the transformation of existence… --- ## [Breaking the \[Nature-Human\] bi-categorical framework of Philosophy](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/breaking-the-nature-human-bi-categorical-framework-of-philosophy/155)
**Author:** [@MCogito](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/MCogito)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2026, 5:39am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/breaking-the-nature-human-bi-categorical-framework-of-philosophy/155 "2026-03-07T05:39:20Z")
35 years ago, I developed the “MCogito”, a \[matter-life-thought\] multi-categorical model of Reality. At the heart of the model is the MCogito itself: the certainty that reality possesses an obvious and intuitive topologi… --- ## [The \[ Non-Being \[ Being \] \] logical Totality is the \[quanta\>matter\>life\>thought\>data\] structure of Reality](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-non-being-being-logical-totality-is-the-quanta-matter-life-thought-data-structure-of-reality/247)
**Author:** [@MCogito](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/MCogito)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/the-non-being-being-logical-totality-is-the-quanta-matter-life-thought-data-structure-of-reality/247 "2026-03-06T09:16:30Z")
Abstract : In my first post : Breaking the \[Nature-Human\] bi-categorical framework of Philosophy I explained why it’s impossible to develop any working metaphysics in the defective \[nature-human\] immanent thinking framew… --- ## [Why "On Certainty" should be called "On Doubt"](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/why-on-certainty-should-be-called-on-doubt/164)
**Author:** [@Luke](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Luke)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/why-on-certainty-should-be-called-on-doubt/164 "2026-03-02T05:58:13Z")
Some prominent Wittgenstein scholars, like Danièle Moyal-Sharrock, Avrum Stroll, and Ray Monk, view On Certainty as a distinct new phase in Wittgenstein’s philosophy. Moyal-Sharrock even has a collection of essays called… [Previous page](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/c/metaphysics-epistemology/5.md?page=2)