Metaphysics is an area of philosophy that is concerned with questions about the nature of reality. Metaphysics is the attempt to find coherence in the whole realm of thought and experience. The questions in metaphysics, especially those about humanity and the universe, are extremely relevant to teachers and students. Epistemology is a branch of philosophy that examines questions about how and what we know. Epistemological questions deal with the essence of knowledge.
Axiology is an area of philosophy that deals with the nature of values.
See professional dilemma on page 365. To do so philosophers use abstraction, imagination and generalization, and logic. Imagination and generalization. Imagination assists the process of abstraction by filling in the details of an idea, selecting details, and relating ideas to one another. The last step of the imaginative exploration process is sometime referred to as generalization because it ultimately results in the development of a comprehensive set of ideas.