Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not empirical; not presented in experience; transcendental.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
nonempirical .
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Examples
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Your non-empirical prediction explanation here, to the extent it is based on the assumption that others are like yourself, is most certainly wrong.
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It does not negate a teleological interpretation on a non-empirical basis.
Aiguy's Computer 2008
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Yes, all attributions of purpose and reason (in the senses you are using) are non-empirical, you're right.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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Any other explanation has to invoke new non-empirical (metaphysical) constructs: many worlds, retrocausality etc.
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Any other explanation has to invoke new non-empirical (metaphysical) constructs: many worlds, retrocausality etc.
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I thought you were invoking a new non-empirical construct too with this fundamental aspect of reality.
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Any other explanation has to invoke new non-empirical (metaphysical) constructs: many worlds, retrocausality etc.
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So now you are invoking an unknown non-empirical construct with this fundamental aspect of reality, and yet claiming parsimony (unless you have empirical evidence that consciousness is a fundamental aspect of reality).
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I thought you were invoking a new non-empirical construct too with this fundamental aspect of reality.
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Since science is empirical in nature this is more precise than critical thinking which can apply to non-empirical matters as well.
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