APPENDIX A: Metaphysics Analysis

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APPENDIX A:
Metaphysics Analysis
One can never PROVE a metaphysics.
By denition.
Because one would have to stand outside the entire
cosmos to view it all
and simulate Creation
itself to test it all.
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However one can certainly ASSESS different
metaphysics.
Metaphysics is always
hypothesis. But, hopefully
very,
very intelligent hypothesis.
One can, indeed, analyze different metaphysical
constructs with a consistent set of questions.
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Now, some of the questions involved in assessing
various metaphysics might
be the following: (These

THE TRANSCENDENT DYNAMIC
questions tend to overlap, but have different
thrusts
and nuance.)
Is the metaphysics overarching? All-embracing?
Does the metaphysics
handle the key questions
in philosophy? (re-capped
in the INTROS and
FOREWORDS of the three books of this series)
Does the metaphysics
have a fatal aw(s);
a major gap(s),
– or does it essentially legitimately
‘stitch-together’
all the key issues
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To what extent is the metaphysics
TETHERED to
classic works or spiritual texts?
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Does the core of the metaphysics RESONATE within
us?
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Is the case made exclusively “in an
Ivory Tower” –
– or is the case somewhat
brought-down-to-earth,
as well?
Is the presentation some
sort of miasma (murky,
obscuring vapor)

– or is it actually fairly
articulate and systematic?
Are the themes, however
allegedly profound,
articulated in a totally obscure manner
– or in a generally intelligible
manner?
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Do we grasp the CREATIVE ESSENCE of the
presentation?
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Does the proposed
metaphysics gently ‘tip-toe around
the garden’
or does it attempt to get to the very core of the cosmic
code?
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Does the proposed
metaphysics primarily concern itself
with playing with SEMANTICS and DEFINITIONS –
or does it actually provide an overarching
INTEGRATED
FORMULATION for the cosmic order?
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A proposed metaphysics
must be assessed, as well,
by these not inconsiderable and,
frankly, non-
negotiable, demands, as
well:
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THE TRANSCENDENT DYNAMIC
Does the proposed
metaphysics truly embrace all
known dynamics in all elds?
Does the proposed
metaphysics embrace our
experiences and accumulated
wisdom over the
centuries?
Does the metaphysics
embrace all that we scientically
believe to have occurred – and the
overwhelming great
bulk of what we hypothesize to have occurred – since
the dawn of time?
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Does the particular
proposed metaphysics about
our
most extraordinary universe
and profound existence
run at and dry
– or does it, on some level,
actually, touch our soul?
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