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形而下学 (けいじかがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
physical sciences ; natural sciences
Philosophical term referring to the study of the physical, material world, as opposed to metaphysical studies. Often contrasted with 形而上学 (けいじじょうがく, metaphysics).
彼かれ は 形けい 而じ 下か 学がく より も 形けい 而じ 上じょう 学がく に 興きょう 味み を 持も っ て いる 。
He is more interested in metaphysics than in the physical sciences.
Kanji 学 study, learning, science Similar words 形けい 而じ 上じょう 学がく 形而上学 refers to metaphysics, the study of what exists beyond the physical world, while 形而下学 refers to the physical or natural sciences.
自し 然ぜん 科か 学がく 自然科学 is the common modern term for natural sciences; 形而下学 is a more formal, philosophical term.
Etymology From Chinese 形而下學, composed of 形而下 (physical, material) and 學 (study). The term is used in East Asian philosophy to denote the study of the physical world, in contrast to 形而上學 (metaphysics).
