metaphysical concept

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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concept
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sept/us
/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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(Definition ofmetaphysicalandconceptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For this system rests wholly on a view and an interpretation of the events of nature that is dominated by themetaphysicalconceptof purpose.
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In some ways it is ametaphysicalconcept.
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I suggest that it will be a great deal easier to prove habitual residence than to prove domicile, because domicile is ametaphysicalconcept.
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Each of us in his heart—because it is ametaphysicalconcept—must ask, what is nationality, what is citizenship, to whom do we owe allegiance, and why?
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This basic scientific idea of hereditary determination, though, already fulfills the definition of causal determinism, ametaphysicalconcept.
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Traditionally, the concept of personhood has entailed the concept of soul, ametaphysicalconceptreferring to a non-corporeal or extra-corporeal dimension of human being.
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Heidegger later traced the concept of subject to themetaphysicalconceptof "ousia" to demonstrate the impossibility of eliminating the subject by simply historicizing it.
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The conceptualist view approaches themetaphysicalconceptof universals from a perspective that denies their presence in particulars outside of the mind's perception of them.
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In perennialist usage, esotericism is ametaphysicalconceptreferring to a supposed transcendent unity of all great religious traditions.
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As visual metaphors, they embody and represent concrete as well as traditional metaphysical concepts.
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The name refers to ametaphysicalconcept.
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It has depth and complexity, expressing theology, mythology and how they confuse each other to this day; it encourages reflection and perhaps ametaphysicalconceptalong with other philosophical disquisitions.
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Note that good and evil are metaphysical concepts orthogonal to the moral concepts of right and wrong.
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Hume, however, held that such unobservable metaphysical concepts should be rejected as sophistry and illusion.
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Secondly, it excessively emphasizes the abstract metaphysical concepts.
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Comparable religious, mythological or metaphysical concepts, such as a realm of supernatural beings and a realm of the dead, are of course found in cultures throughout the world.
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