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metempirical

metempirical Metempirical refers to what lies beyond experience and cannot be checked or verified within the limits of possible experience.

Metempirical refers to what lies beyond experience and cannot be checked or verified within the limits of possible experience. In its usual historical sense, it names inquiries excluded from science because they go past what experience can establish.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Metempirical” (Metempirical).
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