metaphysical vs transcendental

metaphysical

adj
  • Of or pertaining to metaphysics. 

  • Being an adherent of the philosophy of metaphysics. 

  • Immaterial, supersensual, not physical (more properly, "beyond" that which is physical). 

transcendental

adj
  • Mystical or supernatural. 

  • Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience. 

  • That contains elements that are not algebraic. 

  • Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients). 

  • Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent. 

noun
  • Any one of the three transcendental properties of being: truth, beauty or goodness, which respectively are the ideals of science, art and religion and the principal subjects of the study of logic, aesthetics and ethics. 

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