metaphysician

[ met-uh-fuh-zish-uhn ]

/ ˌmɛt ə fəˈzɪʃ ən /

a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.

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[met-uh-fiz-uh-sist]. /ˌmɛt əˈfɪz ə sɪst/.

1425–75; late Middle English metaphisicien, probably <Middle French metaphysicien, equivalent to metaphysiquemetaphysic + -ien-ian

On the whole he is as inferior to Burke as a publicist, as he is superior to him as a metaphysician.
The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2|Friedrich Schlegel
"I wish I were a metaphysician," said Clarence, with a sigh.
The Disowned, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Whether there be such an affinity, he leaves to the metaphysician to decide.
The English Language|Robert Gordon Latham
From the acuteness of his sight, the metaphysician cannot discern what lies directly before his feet.
Niels Klim's journey under the ground|Baron Ludvig Holberg

It does not seem to me wrong to regard the imagination of the metaphysician as a variety of the scientific imagination.
Essay on the Creative Imagination|Th. Ribot