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'''Naturalism''' is a philosophy that rejects the possibility of supernatural phenomena, describing such phenomena as misunderstood natural phenomena or falsehood.
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'''Naturalism''' could refer to various topics within [[art]], [[literature]], [[philosophy]] and [[science]].
  
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Science typically affects [[methodological naturalism]], the idea that only those influences that can be measured and quantified, can be considered as part of an [[experiment]]. This philosophy is essentially [[agnostic]], but is adapted by scientists of all religions for the purpose of their work. [[Creation Science|Creation scientists]] reject methodological naturalism, holding that its inherent materialism rejects God's existence and thus any possibility of a relationship with Him.
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* [[Naturalism (philosophy)]]
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* [[Natural history]]
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* [[Realism]]
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* In literature the term was invented by [[Émile Zola]]
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* Sociological naturalism  
  
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[[Philosophical naturalism]] is the concept that [[human being]]s have no [[soul]] or [[spiritual body]], that there is no [[afterlife]] or [[heaven]] or [[hell]], and that all supernatural phenomena, causes or beings are merely figments of human imagination.
 
  
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[[Moral naturalism]] rejects divine revelation as the source of ethics, holding that morals emerged from the emergence of the best course for survival as a society, much as instincts emerge as the best course for survival among animals in the wild.
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==See also==
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*[[Atheism]]
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*[[Evolution]]
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*[[Social Darwinism]]
  
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John Morris, PhD., wrote:
 
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*Naturalism (i.e., [[naturalistic evolution]]) is often desirable, for it seemingly frees us from the authority of a Creator God. Without a God to whom we are accountable, we are free to live as we choose. College students, often surrounded by hedonism are particularly ripe for wrong thinking, and many never recover. [http://www.icr.org/article/2605/]
 
  
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==See also==
 
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*[[Enlightened self-interest]]
 
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*[[Social Darwinism]]
 
  
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Latest revision as of 20:59, June 23, 2016

Naturalism could refer to various topics within art, literature, philosophy and science.


See also

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