Is Metaphysics a Science?

Once esteemed as the highest form of knowledge, the legitimacy of metaphysics as a rational discipline has been severely challenged since the rise of modern science, particularly since it seemed that while the latter reached overall consensus, the disputes in the former seemed interminable. The ques...

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Main Author: Burke, Thomas J. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wipf and Stock Publishers 2019
In: Socio-historical examination of religion and ministry
Year: 2019, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 252-273
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