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- Dictionarytranscendental/ˌtrans(ɛ)nˈdɛntl/
adjective
- 1. relating to a spiritual realm: "the transcendental importance of each person's soul"
- 2. (in Kantian philosophy) presupposed in and necessary to experience; a priori.
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TRANSCENDENTAL definition: 1. A transcendental experience, event, object, or idea is extremely special and unusual and cannot…. Learn more.
a. : incapable of being the root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients. π is a transcendental number. b. : being, involving, or representing a function (such as sin x, log x, ex) that cannot be expressed by a finite number of algebraic operations. transcendental curves.
TRANSCENDENTAL meaning: 1. A transcendental experience, event, object, or idea is extremely special and unusual and cannot…. Learn more.
being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural. abstract or metaphysical. idealistic, lofty, or extravagant. Philosophy. beyond the contingent and accidental in human experience, but not beyond all human knowledge. Compare transcendent ( def 4b ).
tran·scen·den·tal. (trăn′sĕn-dĕn′tl) adj. 1. Philosophy. a. Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge as independent of experience. b. Asserting a fundamental irrationality or supernatural element in experience. 2. Surpassing all others; superior. 3. Beyond common thought or experience; mystical or supernatural. 4.
Transcendental refers to things that lie beyond the practical experience of ordinary people, and cannot be discovered or understood by ordinary reasoning.
Transcendental describes anything that has to do with the spiritual, non-physical world. You could describe the time you spend in the woods hiking as a physical and a transcendental experience. When something is transcendental, it's beyond ordinary, everyday experience.
Definition of transcendental adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the word transcendental mean? There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word transcendental. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. transcendental has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. philosophy (mid 1600s) mathematics (mid 1600s) geometry (early 1700s) Entry status.
Something is transcendental if it plays a role in the way in which the mind "constitutes" objects and makes it possible for us to experience them as objects in the first place. Ordinary knowledge is knowledge of objects; transcendental knowledge is knowledge of how it is possible for us to experience those objects as objects.
