What are the objectives of metaphysics?

In my view (and in my own work), metaphysics has the following central objectives:

1. Understanding and defining the nature of being and existence, inclusive of primary causal relationships (i.e. between subjects, objects, what existed before, etc.).

2. Appreciating and describing the interactions of consciousness with being and existence, the interpenetration of being and knowing, and the modalities of spacetime within which such interactions take place.

3. Differentiating categories and conditions of truth. For example, the universal from the particular, the absolute or immutable from the contingent, the eternal from the emergent, etc.

4. Differentiating all such metaphysical conceptions from “what actually is” (as an acceptance of human limitations), or iteratively refining those conceptions to integrate new observations and evidences.

My 2 cents.

From Quora post: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-objectives-of-metaphysics/answer/T-Collins-Logan

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