metametaphysics

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

meta- +‎ metaphysics

Noun[edit]

metametaphysics (uncountable)

  1. The part of philosophy that studies the nature of metaphysics.
    • 1988, Hugh J Silverman, Philosophy and Non-Philosophy since Merleau-Ponty:
      Since if we have seen reason to concede to Derrida that metaphor and non-philosophy lie beyond philosophy and are to metaphysics a metametaphysics...
    • 2007, James Ladyman, Don Ross, David Spurrett, John Collier, Every Thing Must Go:
      Then naturalistic metametaphysics, we hold, should be based on naturalistic metaphysics, which should in turn be based on science.