Ks. Andrzej MaryniarczykThe author attempts to answer three questions: 1) What is metaphysics, with
its intention to become the first among sciences, also among natural ones;
2) Is there any necessary relations/connection between metaphysics, natural
science and theology (which partly means also relations between faith and
reason); 3) In what way metaphysics can be used in natural sciences (also in
theology) and how do these sciences benefit from it? In reply to the first issue,
the author has stressed that metaphysics is an interpretation of persons,
animals, plants and other things. A relationship between metaphysics and
natural sciences, which is the problem discussed in the second part of the
article, is necessary when a naturalist (and also a theologian) uses the results
of his research to built a certain world view. Discussing the third question, the
author shows that metaphysics, natural sciences and theology could cooperate
in constructing an integral image of the world and man, form an adequate
terminology to name particular problems, making people aware of the limits
of research methods and teaching a principle of freedom in doing research in
order to defend science from being ideology-oriented.Katedra Metafizyki, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelsk
