English-Thai Dictionary

metaphysical

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ อภิปรัชญา  mystical spiritual transcendental kiao-kab-ar-pi-pai

 

metaphysically

ADV ทาง อภิปรัชญา  tang-ar-pai-pai

 

metaphysician

N ผู้ ที่ ให้ ทฤษฎี ของ  metaphysics

 

metaphysics

N ศาสตร์ ความรู้ ที่ เกี่ยวกับ ปรากฏการณ์ ทางจิต  สาขา ปรัชญา เกี่ยวกับ ความจริง ทางธรรมชาติ ที่ เข้าใจ ได้ ยาก 

 

metaphysics

N อภิปรัชญา  epistemology ontology cosmology ar-pi-pai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

METAPHYSIC, METAPHYSICAL

a.s as z. [See Metaphysics. ] 1. Pertaining or relating to metaphysics.
2. According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as metaphysical reasoning.
3. Preternatural or supernatural. [Not used. ]

 

METAPHYSICALLY

adv. In the manner of metaphysical science.

 

METAPHYSICIAN

n.s as z. One who is versed in the science of metaphysics.

 

METAPHYSICS

n.s as z. [Gr. after, and physics. It is said that this name was given to the science by Aristotle or his followers, who considered the science of natural bodies, physics, as the first in the order of studies, and the science of mind or intelligence to be the second. ] The science of the principles and causes of all things existing; hence, the science of mind or intelligence. This science comprehends ontology, or the science which treats of the nature, essence, and qualities or attributes of being; cosmology, the science of the world, which treats of the nature and laws of matter and of motion; anthroposophy, which treats of the power of man, and the motions by which life is produced; psychology, which treats of the intellectual soul; pneumatology, or the science of spirits or angels, etc. Metaphysical theology, called by Leibnitz and others theodicy, treats of the existence of God, his essence and attributes. These divisions of the science of metaphysics, which prevailed in the ancient schools, are now not much regarded. The natural division of things that exist is into body and mind, things material and immaterial. The former belong to physics, and the latter to the science of metaphysics.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

METAPHYSIC

Met `a *phys "ic, n. Etym: [Cf. F. métaphysique.]

 

Defn: See Metaphysics.

 

METAPHYSIC

METAPHYSIC Met `a *phys "ic, a.

 

Defn: Metaphysical.

 

METAPHYSICAL

Met `a *phys "ic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. métaphysique. See Metaphysics. ]

 

1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics.

 

2. According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as, metaphysical reasoning.

 

3. Preternatural or supernatural. [Obs. ] The golden round *Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crowned withal. Shak.

 

METAPHYSICALLY

METAPHYSICALLY Met `a *phys "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In the manner of metaphysical science, or of a metaphysician. South.

 

METAPHYSICIAN

Met `a *phy *si "cian, n. Etym: [Cf. F. métaphysicien.]

 

Defn: One who is versed in metaphysics.

 

METAPHYSICS

Met `a *phys "ics, n. Etym: [Gr. métaphysique. See Physics. The term was first used by the followers of Aristotle as a name for that part of his writings which came after, or followed, the part which treated of physics. ]

 

1. The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being; phylosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first principles.

 

Note: Metaphysics is distinguished as general and special. General metaphysics is the science of all being as being. Special metaphysics is the science of one kind of being; as, the metaphysics of chemistry, of morals, or of politics. According to Kant, a systematic exposition of those notions and truths, the knowledge of which is altogether independent of experience, would constitute the science of metaphysics. Commonly, in the schools, called metaphysics, as being part of the philosophy of Aristotle, which hath that for title; but it is in another sense: for there it signifieth as much as "books written or placed after his natural philosophy. " But the schools take them for "books of supernatural philosophy; " for the word metaphysic will bear both these senses. Hobbes. Now the science conversant about all such inferences of unknown being from its known manifestations, is called ontology, or metaphysics proper. Sir W. Hamilton. Metaphysics are [is ] the science which determines what can and what can not be known of being, and the laws of being, a priori. Coleridge.

 

2. Hence: The scientific knowledge of mental phenomena; mental philosophy; psychology. Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science or complement of sciences exclusively occupied with mind. Sir W.Hamilton. Whether, after all, A larger metaphysics might not help Our physics. Mrs. Browning.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

metaphysic

met a phys ic |ˌmetəˈfizik ˌmɛdəˈfɪzɪk | ▶noun a system of metaphysics.

 

metaphysical

met a phys i cal |ˌmetəˈfizikəl ˈˌmɛdəˈfɪzɪkəl | ▶adjective 1 of or relating to metaphysics: the essentially metaphysical question of the nature of the mind. • based on abstract (typically, excessively abstract ) reasoning: an empiricist rather than a metaphysical view of law. • transcending physical matter or the laws of nature: Good and Evil are inextricably linked in a metaphysical battle across space and time. 2 of or characteristic of the metaphysical poets. ▶noun ( the Metaphysicals ) the metaphysical poets. DERIVATIVES met a phys i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb

 

metaphysical poets

met a phys i cal po ets |ˈˌmɛdəˈfɪzɪkəl ˌpoʊəts | a group of 17th -century poets whose work is characterized by the use of complex and elaborate images or conceits, typically using an intellectual form of argumentation to express emotional states. Members of the group include John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, and Andrew Marvell.

 

metaphysics

met a phys ics |ˌmetəˈfiziks ˈˌmɛdəˈˌfɪzɪks | ▶plural noun [ usu. treated as sing. ] 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. • abstract theory or talk with no basis in reality: his concept of society as an organic entity is, for market liberals, simply metaphysics. Metaphysics has two main strands: that which holds that what exists lies beyond experience (as argued by Plato ), and that which holds that objects of experience constitute the only reality (as argued by Kant, the logical positivists, and Hume ). Metaphysics has also concerned itself with a discussion of whether what exists is made of one substance or many, and whether what exists is inevitable or driven by chance. DERIVATIVES met a phy si cian |-fəˈziSHən |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: representing medieval Latin metaphysica (neuter plural ), based on Greek ta meta ta phusika ‘the things after the Physics, ’ referring to the sequence of Aristotle's works: the title came to denote the branch of study treated in the books, later interpreted as meaning ‘the science of things transcending what is physical or natural. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

metaphysic

meta |phys ¦ic |mɛtəˈfɪzɪk | ▶noun a system of metaphysics.

 

metaphysical

meta |phys ¦ic ¦al |mɛtəˈfɪzɪk (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 relating to metaphysics: the essentially metaphysical question of the nature of mind. • based on abstract reasoning: an empiricist rather than a metaphysical view of law. • transcending physical matter or the laws of nature: Good and Evil are inextricably linked in a metaphysical battle across space and time. 2 of or characteristic of the metaphysical poets. ▶noun ( the Metaphysicals ) the metaphysical poets. DERIVATIVES metaphysically adverb

 

metaphysical poets

meta |phys ¦ic ¦al poets a group of 17th -century poets whose work is characterized by the use of complex and elaborate images or conceits, typically using an intellectual form of argumentation to express emotional states. Members of the group include John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, and Andrew Marvell.

 

metaphysics

meta |phys ¦ics |mɛtəˈfɪzɪks | ▶plural noun [ usu. treated as sing. ] the branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, identity, time, and space. • abstract theory with no basis in reality: his concept of society as an organic entity is, for market liberals, simply metaphysics. Metaphysics has two main strands: that which holds that what exists lies beyond experience (as argued by Plato ), and that which holds that objects of experience constitute the only reality (as argued by Kant, the logical positivists, and Hume ). DERIVATIVES metaphysician |-ˈzɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: representing medieval Latin metaphysica (neuter plural ), based on Greek ta meta ta phusika ‘the things after the Physics ’, referring to the sequence of Aristotle's works: the title came to denote the branch of study treated in the books, later interpreted as meaning ‘the science of things transcending what is physical or natural ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

metaphysical

metaphysical adjective 1 metaphysical questions: abstract, theoretical, conceptual, notional, philosophical, speculative, intellectual, academic. 2 Good and Evil are inextricably linked in a metaphysical battle: transcendental, spiritual, supernatural, paranormal.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

metaphysical

metaphysical adjective 1 the metaphysical question of the nature of the mind: abstract, theoretical, conceptual, notional, philosophical, speculative, intellectual, academic; unpractical, abstruse, recondite. ANTONYMS empirical. 2 Good and Evil are inextricably linked in a metaphysical battle: transcendental, spiritual, supernatural, paranormal; extramundane, unearthly, ethereal, incorporeal. ANTONYMS physical.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

metaphysical

met a phys i cal /mètəfɪ́zɪk (ə )l /形容詞 1 形而上 （けいじじよう ）学の .2 ｟話 ｠高度に抽象的な ; 難解な .～ly 副詞

 

metaphysics

met a phys ics /mètəfɪ́zɪks /名詞 U 1 形而上 （けいじじよう ）学 .2 机上の空論 ; 抽象的議論 .