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Noun
(philosophy) The branch of philosophy which studies fundamentalprinciples intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens).
(philosophy) The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.
(logic) The metalogic of physics; The logical framework of physics.
(uncountable, by extension from the philosophical sense) Any fundamental principles or rules.
(uncountable) The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.
