metaphysical argument

collocation in English

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metaphysical
adjective
uk
/ˌmet.əˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌmet̬.əˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to the part of philosophy that is about understanding existence ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us
/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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(Definition ofmetaphysicalandargumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Three arguments will be offered in favor of this position: the logical argument, themetaphysicalargument, and the argument from analogy (with other professions).
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It is for this reason that empirical validation could serve as a sort of closing moment for ametaphysicalargument.
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But if it is ametaphysicalargumentfor materialism, it does challenge our argument, since our designer-creator is a supernatural and thereby immaterial being.
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I think not, which leads to my second argument: themetaphysicalargument.
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However, this kind of resolution does not really provide ametaphysicalargumentwith metaphysical completeness.
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I will not go into themetaphysicalargumentas to when a fund is not a fund.
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This is not ametaphysicalargumentabout abstract freedom.
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With respect, that is an even moremetaphysicalargument.
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That is what seems to me to be ametaphysicalargument.
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Surely, this giant fact should not be overlooked for the sake of complicated and almostmetaphysicalargument, however intricate or exciting it may be.
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We can get into an almostmetaphysicalargumentif nothing can be done until a complete review of this branch of our law has been completed.
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That is a rathermetaphysicalargument.
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With respect, that is ametaphysicalargument.
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One could raise many metaphysical arguments about when the change of an article produces a new article.
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What he does is to hive-off any metaphysical arguments and does not even begin to find out what is the situation.
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He dismisses metaphysical arguments, calling them nonsense, and saying that they can not be empirically verified.
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The second part of the book is taken up with a number of metaphysical arguments to prove the impossibility of an external world.
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