As adjectives the difference between transcendental and metaphysical
is that transcendental is concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience while metaphysical is of or pertaining to metaphysics.
As a noun transcendental
is a transcendentalist.
transcendental
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(obsolete) A transcendentalist.
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
Superior, surpassing all others.
Extraordinary.
Mystical or supernatural.
(mathematics, number theory) Of, or relating to a number that is not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients.
Antonyms
* (mathematics) algebraic
Hypernyms
* (mathematics) irrational
Derived terms
* transcendental ego
* transcendental function
* transcendentalize
* transcendental meditation
* transcendental number
* transcendentalism
Related terms
* transcend
* transcendence
* transcendency
* transcendent
* transcendently
metaphysical
English
Adjective
(-)
Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
Immaterial, supersensual, not physical (more properly, "beyond" that which is physical).
Derived terms
* metaphysically
See also
* transcendental