In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a priori in regard to the fundamental principles of all human knowledge. What is transcendental, therefore, transcends empiricism; but is does not transcend all human knowledge, or become transcendent. It simply signifies the a priori or necessary conditions of experience which, though affording the conditions of experience, transcend the sphere of that contingent knowledge which is acquired by experience.
Vaguely and ambitiously extravagant in speculation, imagery, or diction.
beyond the realm and reach of the senses.
According to theists, God exists beyond and independent of the world, or is beyond experience.
of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual about the empirical and material
one of Kant's four main perspectives, aiming to establish a kind of knowledge which is both synthetic and a priori. It is a special type of philosophical knowledge, concerned with the necessary conditions for the possibility of experience. However, Kant believes all knowing subjects assume certain transcendental truths, whether or not they are aware of it. Transcendental knowledge defines the boundary between empirical knowledge and speculation about the transcendent realm. 'Every event has a cause' is a typical transcendental statement. (Cf. empirical.)
that which is beyond the reach of the senses, of ordinary experience. [literally, "to climb over".
In metaphysics, something which goes beyond all ordinary classifications and categories of being.
of the supreme, of the beyond; that what rises above matter and is free from the influence of the threefold nature of the material world (see p a r a m, n i r g u n a, g u n a).