be metaphysical

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But historically, it has sometimes been argued to be metaphysical because measuring the existence of something requires interacting with it, and by definition, we cannot receive signals from beyond our event horizon.

From Scientific American • Jan. 1, 2023

Nick Flynn: Let me think—"so strange / to imagine . . ." I mean it gets very, you know, more than most of my poems, it gets very—would that be metaphysical, or—?

From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2018

The vignettes can be metaphysical or as simple as a curious cat peering into a number 4.

From Time Magazine Archive

If thought can deal only with specific problems, then there can be no question as to whether philosophy ought to be metaphysical.

From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas

John Stuart Mill tried not to be metaphysical; but let the reader examine, say, his third chapter, "Of the Things denoted by Names," or look over Book VI, in his "System of Logic."

From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart