Assertion: nature | /r/PartOf | metaphysic
Facets:
value: in its modern sense
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: If one is interested in questions about the nature of being, the first causes of things, the identity of physical objects, or the nature of causation (the last two problems belong to metaphysics in its modern sense but not its original sense), one will find that the only method available is an “obstinate attempt to think clearly and consistently” about them.