Wikipedia: Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality. This includes the first principles of: being or existence, identity, change, space and time, cause and effect, necessity, actuality, and possibility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics ChatGPT: Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, potentiality and actuality. The word “metaphysics” comes from the Greek words that literally mean “beyond nature”.