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Noun Concept

Categories: Metaphysical theories, Nature, All articles with self-published sources, Naturalism (philosophy), Metatheory of science

naturalism Methodological materialism methodological naturalism Methodological naturalist naturalistic theory

(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations WordNet 3.0

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(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In philosophy, naturalism is the idea that only natural laws and forces operate in the universe. Wikipedia

Any of several philosophical stances wherein all phenomena or hypotheses commonly labeled as supernatural are either false or not inherently different from natural phenomena or hypotheses. Wikipedia Disambiguation

The idea that only natural laws operate in the universe Wikipedia Disambiguation

Belief that only natural laws and forces operate in the universe Wikidata

Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will. Wiktionary

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philosophical doctrine

philosophical movement

HAS KIND

religious naturalism

CATEGORY DOMAIN

philosophy

DERIVATION

naturalist

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

The Nuttall Encyclopædia

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