11. Potentialism and Other Cosmological Theories

Metaphysics has been in existence as a science since the time of Aristotle. In fact, the Greeks were the first to apply philosophy to science to try and determine not just how the universe behaves, but also to understand why it works the way it does.

Since that time, metaphysics has waxed and waned as a fundamental part of cosmology. Particularly under the influence of the halls of British academia, the 20th century saw an ebb [decrease] in metaphysics as a largely atheistic academic society sought to distance itself from metaphysics altogether. In large part, this was driven by an ignorance of the true nature of metaphysics, mistaking it for religiously driven instead of understanding metaphysics as a branch of philosophy and, thus, disciplined thought.

In truth, metaphysics is a bridge between the “hard” sciences and the discipline of pure reason that is philosophy. It allows one to move past the limitations of physics guided by a mathematically rigid system of logic to reason out and discover truths which require no tangible measurement. Where physics can only take you as far as you can get measuring things,

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