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Are Methodological Naturalism and Philosophical Naturalism the Same? A Dissent
In a previous post, I argued that methodological naturalism is a reasonable and neutral working principle limiting everyday science to natural causes.
Denying the Signature: Methodological Naturalism and Materialism-of-the Gaps
O’Connor and Bishop offer no evolutionary mechanism as an explanation for the origin of the information necessary to produce novel forms of life.
Do You Like SETI? Fine, Then Let’s Dump Methodological Naturalism
After reading my article about MN, a correspondent wrote and asked a good question.
Methodological Naturalism: A Rule That No One Needs or Obeys
The only real motivation for holding to MN is to keep the bad guys at bay, as an all-purpose "Press Button in Case of Emergency" defeater for ideas like intelligent design.
Pennock to the Court: “Methodological Naturalism is all there is, or was, or ever will be”
As I noted in a previous post, this week philosopher of science Dr. Robert Pennock testified at the Dover trial that scientists must assume that there are no influences other than those which exist in the material world then they practice science. Pennock called this methodological naturalism (MN), and emphatically told the Court that this is the way science has worked, does work, and ever will work, at least since we became enlightened during the enlightenment. The reality is that the consensus among philosophers of science is that there is no consensus among philosophers of science on the definition of science. The one exception seems to be Darwinist philosophers of science recommending MN as a definition for science when they Read More ›