This topic was branched into universal science, natural theology, and ontology in a work which referred to it as "first philosophy," written by Aristotle.
This topic should be transformed from an ontological inquiry to an enquiry into heuristic principles according to Collingwood's work An Essay on [it]. Carnap argued that all statements made for this topic are rendered meaningless through the logical analysis of language. Philosophy affords us knowledge of a reality transcending the world of common sense and science according to the thesis named for this topic, which is disputed in Language, Truth, and Logic, which calls for the elimination of this topic. This topic was branched into universal science, natural theology, and ontology in a work which referred to it as "first philosophy," written by Aristotle. For 10 points, name this philosophical topic concerned with the nature of being and the world.
This topic should be transformed from an ontological inquiry to an enquiry into heuristic principles according to Collingwood's work
metaphysics [accept first philosophy until mentioned]