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Metaphysics isn't looking for a black cat that isn't there. It's assuming that there is a black cat even though there might not be one, because flashlights don't exist yet.
Metaphysics is about how things that don't exist affect what does exist. Things that don't exist include law, money, superstition, and belief. Santa clause isn't real, but everyone acting like he's real makes for a very real effect.
Metaphysics is telling everyone there's a black cat so they step more carefully.
What about superstitions about black cats being the reason everyone is looking in the first place?
No but like stuff like Santa and money ins't part of metaphysics. It's like an attempt to answer stuff because we don't have the tools to know certain stuff. God would be metaphysics, but not Santa because we know we made Santa up, but the existence of some supreme being (while not exactly how we portray him) is unable to be unproven or proven
You're talking about theology, not metaphysics.
I meant as in trying to figure out how the universe came to be etc. Not the study of religions.
Like yeah could of been "god" but it also could've been nothing at all, or something else
Yeah that's not what metaphysics is.
Yeah it is
Read more: https://www.britannica.com/topic/metaphysics/Problems-in-metaphysics
Robert Anton Wilson would disagree.
Skill issue