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Metaphysical vs Phenomenological - What's the difference?

metaphysical | phenomenological |

As adjectives the difference between metaphysical and phenomenological

is that metaphysical is of or pertaining to metaphysics while phenomenological is (philosophy) of or relating to phenomenology, or consistent with the principles of phenomenology.

metaphysical

English

Adjective

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  • Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
  • Immaterial, supersensual, not physical (more properly, "beyond" that which is physical).

    • Derived terms

    * metaphysically

    See also

    * transcendental

    phenomenological

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (philosophy) Of or relating to phenomenology, or consistent with the principles of phenomenology.
  • *1956 , Maurice Natanson, "The Schism between Theory and Ardent Empiricism," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , vol. 17, no. 2 (Dec), p. 244,
  • *:Phenomenological "things" are not commonsense objects or sense data but the phenomena in their presentation, grasped as intentional objects.
  • *1991 , David Tilman, "Phenomenology From the Natural Standpoint: A Reply to Van Meter Ames," The American Naturalist , vol. 138, no. 5 (Nov), p. 1284,
  • *:I call my models "mechanistic" to distinguish them from classical models that are more phenomenological .
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  • (sciences) Using the method of phenomenology, by which the observer examines the data without trying to provide an explanation of them.