non-metaphysical

These words often have an entirely prosaic, non-metaphysical sense – scientifically, various evolutionary processes like mutation or mass extinction can be described as “random”, “blind”, “directionless”, etc., in the very same way that the results of rolling dice, the weather, earthquakes, etc. can be described in this fashion.

Casey Luskin: the new Wendell Bird? - The Panda's Thumb 2010

Heidegger experimented with a variety or locutions that could express this Nothing in non-metaphysical terms free from the language or subjectivity.

enowning enowning 2009

They talk about the origins of life on earth, and they generally do so in an entirely non-metaphysical fashion.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Considering a Candidate’s Religion: 2009

What is hard, however, is to construe religion whether metaphysical or non-metaphysical as engaged in something quite different from making assertions about types of causation -- but rather see it as expressing one's sense of wonder and awe, gratitude and mystery, the need to cope with loss and pain, and the need to avoid the temptation of despair.

Evolution and Liberal Christianity James F. McGrath 2009

The inherent non-metaphysical unity of the physical and psychical is not concocted, rather the disunity is what is artificial.

Ernst Mach Pojman, Paul 2009

Heidegger experimented with a variety or locutions that could express this Nothing in non-metaphysical terms free from the language or subjectivity.

Archive 2009-03-01 enowning 2009

The primary battleground is indeed the destruction of liberty via the unsustainable constructs of society peddled as the Lie but where the Libertarians now jump ship is that they ascribe this to the non-metaphysical entirely.

Archive 2008-05-01 2008

All of this adds up to a fairly comprehensive model wherein natural processes (i.e., "non-intentional" in the pedestrian, non-metaphysical sense) produced the Grand Canyon.

Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It? 2006

Are you adequately taking into account the nature of public reason, and the political, non-metaphysical nature of justice?

Digital Music Biospheres? 2006

One of the problems raised by philosophers such as Laudan is their rejection of traditional dualisms, but acceptance of the ability to make meaningful, non-metaphysical distinctions.

Laudan, demarcation and the vacuity of Intelligent design - The Panda's Thumb 2006