Metaphysical vs Epistemological - What's the difference?
metaphysical | epistemological |
Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
Immaterial, supersensual, not physical (more properly, "beyond" that which is physical).
Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
* 1898 , E. A. Read, "Review of Vergleich der dogmatischen Systeme von R. A. Lipsius und A. Ritschl''," ''The American Journal of Theology , vol. 2, no. 1, p. 190,
* 1991 , Walt Wolfram, "The Linguistic Variable: Fact and Fantasy," American Speech , vol. 66, no. 1, p. 31,
Of or pertaining to knowing or cognizing, as a mental activity.
* 1969 , Sandra B. Rosenthal, "The 'World' of C. I. Lewis," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , vol. 29, no. 4, p. 590,
As adjectives the difference between metaphysical and epistemological
is that metaphysical is of or pertaining to metaphysics while epistemological is of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.metaphysical
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(-)Derived terms
* metaphysicallySee also
* transcendentalepistemological
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(en adjective)- The epistemological position of Ritschl, in our author's exposition of it, is little more than idealistic rationalism.
- My conclusion dovetails with Fasold's conclusion, which is based on a quite different, more epistemological kind of argument.
- The reality which thus emerges is the outcome of the epistemological process in which the mind conceptually structures a given content.
