形けい而じ下か学がく

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).

• 形けい而じ下か学がくは、観かん察さつや実じっ験けんに基もとづいて自し然ぜん現げん象しょうを研けん究きゅうする。

  The physical sciences study natural phenomena based on observation and experimentation.

• 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.