transempirical

American  

[trans-em-pir-i-kuhl, tranz-] / ˌtræns ɛmˈpɪr ɪ kəl, ˌtrænz- /

adjective

1. beyond the range of experiential knowledge.

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Etymology

Origin of transempirical

First recorded in 1905–10; trans- + empirical

Example Sentences

His falsification concept, he said, is a criterion for distinguishing between empirical and non-empirical modes of knowledge.

From Scientific American • Aug. 25, 2018

Whether we ought also to recognize ethics and æsthetics, in the sense of the general determination of the nature of the good and the beautiful, as non-empirical sciences, seems to be a more difficult question.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

Those who deny the possibility of all non-empirical knowledge naturally hold that every axiom is ultimately based on observation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

But, in so doing, it accepted the particularism of experience and proceeded to supplement it from non-empirical sources.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

If this be demurred to, it matters not; I will then limit my assertion to pure mathematics, the very conception of which implies that it consists of knowledge altogether non-empirical and a priori.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow