| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ontology | the branch of philosophy the deals with being |
| ontologies | ONTOLOGY, the branch of philosophy the deals with being |
| metaphysics | The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space |
| epistemology | the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of knowledge |
| epistemologies | EPISTEMOLOGY, the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of knowledge |
| aesthetics | The branch of philosophy that deals with the principles of beauty and artistic taste |
| metalinguistics | The branch of linguistics that deals with metalanguages, self-reference in language, and the philosophy of science as it applies to linguistics |
