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metametaphysics en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English metaphysics English metametaphysics From meta- + metaphysics.

Meanings

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