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metempiric|mɛtɛmˈpɪrɪk|
[f. meta- + empiric.
Introduced, together with the related words, by G. H. Lewes in 1874.]
1. (Also metempirics with sing. construction: cf. metaphysic, metaphysics.) The philosophy of things that lie outside the sphere of knowledge derived from experience.
The writers quoted differ greatly in their application of the term, but the question between them is what is meant by ‘experience’; the definition given above would be accepted on both sides.
1874Lewes Probl. Life & Mind Ser. i. I. 18 Metempirics sweeps out of this region in search of the otherness of things. a1881A. Barratt Phys. Metempiric xi. (1883) 130 Any metempiric which does more than numerically multiply, or vary in degree, existence such as we have it in experience, or which postulates beings whose qualities bear no resemblance to those of experience, must be at once rejected.
2. One who believes in or supports metempirical philosophy; a metempiricist.
a1881A. Barratt Phys. Metempiric iii. (1883) 19 Every man who believes in the consciousness of his fellows—every man who uses the word ‘we’—is a Metempiric. 1882in Ogilvie, and in later Dicts. |