What is naturalism?

[mikkel_the_dane]

What is naturalism?
That is my question.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Naturalism

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

Naturalism

Okay, so what is it to you?

 

[Audie]

Naturalism

Its like evolutionistm, a term used only by those who fsvour supernaturalism.

They can thus have it mean what ever suits them

 

[Eddi]

It is not to be confused with Naturism

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

Its like evolutionistm, a term used only by those who fsvour supernaturalism.

They can thus have it mean what ever suits them

Evidence seems to suggest otherwise:
Naturalism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

 

[Audie]

It is not to be confused with Naturism

Or a sensible topic

 

[Altfish]

It is not to be confused with Naturism

That's what I thought the question was?

 

[Polymath257]

Ontological naturalism is the thesis that the physical world is causally closed: any cause of a physical event is also physical.

In a sense, this is more a definition of the term 'physical' than anything else.

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

Ontological naturalism is the thesis that the physical world is causally closed: any cause of a physical event is also physical.

In a sense, this is more a definition of the term 'physical' than anything else.

Thanks. So it is philosophy?

 

[Polymath257]

Thanks. So it is philosophy?

In a sense, yes. The term 'cause' is a very problematic one. But, after that, the causal closure becomes the *definition* of the word 'physical'.

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

In a sense, yes.

Thanks.

The term 'cause' is a very problematic one. But, after that, the causal closure becomes the *definition* of the word 'physical'.

Well, as for causation it is in a sense cognitive. So IMHO you can't truly turn it into a non-cognitive process. You can assume it and learn what happens next.

 

[Polymath257]

Thanks.

Well, as for causation it is in a sense cognitive. So IMHO you can't truly turn it into a non-cognitive process. You can assume it and learn what happens next.

Not sure why causation is cognitive. Do you mean descriptive?

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

Not sure why causation is cognitive. Do you mean descriptive?

No, it involves a frame of understanding.
If you don't do science as naturalism, but just what works, then causation as a way of understanding works.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Okay, so what is it to you?

First: do you accept 'natural' and 'supernatural' as meaningful categories?

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

First: do you accept 'natural' and 'supernatural' as meaningful categories?

Yes, both.

 

[Polymath257]

First: do you accept 'natural' and 'supernatural' as meaningful categories?

I, for one, have never quite understood what is supposed to be the distinction.

If I see a phenomenon, how do I determine whether it is 'natural' or 'supernatural'?

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

I, for one, have never quite understood what is supposed to be the distinction.

If I see a phenomenon, how do I determine whether it is 'natural' or 'supernatural'?

Well, I use this one for supernatural: of or relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe.

 

[Polymath257]

Well, I use this one for supernatural: of or relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe.

And how do you determine if something is 'beyond the visible observable universe'?

Is it simply a matter of interaction with light (visible)?

 

[Polymath257]

It is not to be confused with Naturism

Stick with the bare facts.