metaphisics - n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.)
1 the theoretical philosophy of being and knowing.
2 the philosophy of mind.
3 colloq. abstract or
subtle talk; mere
theory.
metaphysician n. metaphysicize v.intr. [ME metaphysic f. OF metaphysique f. med.L metaphysica ult. f. Gk ta meta ta phusika the things after the Physics, from the sequence of Aristotle's works]