(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
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naturalism
How to use naturalism in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for naturalism.
Editorial note
My comment was about the definition in the quote, I know that science and naturalism are not the same thing.
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Quick take
(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of naturalism gathered in one view.
an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for naturalism.
noun
(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
noun
an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
See also: realism
Example sentences
My comment was about the definition in the quote, I know that science and naturalism are not the same thing.
'Genetcism' has become the modern day naturalism, and like it's fore barer gives no insight to morality.
Although the naturalistic fallacy is real, please remember that the foundations of naturalism have some merit, so it's not a universal fallacy.
I think it would be poetic justice if in a triumph of naturalism we actually cloned him and got only boring copies because the real Ramanujan actually got his insights supernaturally, like he claimed...
Depending on the moral principles that a government is founded on, it very well may have that right.> individuals' utility functionsInvoking "utlity functions" is such an appeal to naturalism.
Therefore the argument for reductive materialism from the successful, that is treating methodological naturalism as the whole and complete story, is fundementally in error and incomplete.
The philosopher Charles Taylor has argued that ad hominem reasoning is essential to understanding certain moral issues, and contrasts this sort of reasoning with the apodictic reasoning of philosophical naturalism.
And there we grind to a halt... mistaking naturalism for science, unfamiliar with the nature of historical evidence, textual criticism, the death of form criticism, practicing historical revisionism, historical denial, conflating possibility with frequentism etc.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use naturalism in a sentence?
My comment was about the definition in the quote, I know that science and naturalism are not the same thing.
What does naturalism mean?
(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
What part of speech is naturalism?
naturalism is commonly used as noun.