AI: Metaphysics is the study of the abstract, or philosophical principles.
Human: What is the history of metaphysics?
AI: Philosophical thought began over 5,000 years ago in Ancient Egypt and were basically the first to introduce ideas on internal reality.
Human: Tell me more
AI: It includes the philosophical investigation of questions such as those related to existence, knowledge, ethics, mind, and language.
Human: Go on
AI: It is a subject that attempts to explore explanations of phenomena beyond what can be justified by evidence from the five senses.
Human:
AI: It further addresses the origins of knowledge and reality, and seeks to understand how we can gain reliable knowledge about these from a rational perspective.
Human:
AI: It also investigates whether numbers and other abstract objects exist, and whether purely impersonal logical principles exists independent of the physical structure of the universe.
Human:
AI: The term "metaphysics" comes from the Ancient Greek words: "meta ta physika", which literally translates to "after natural things" or "that which is after the physical".
Human:
AI: It is mainly concerned with how basic categories of being and knowing are grounded in rigorous ways.
Human: Thank you
AI: You are welcome
Human: Explain it like I'm five
AI: It is the highly-regarded philosophical study of abstract realities hard to perceive or confirm via the senses.
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