Naturalism

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Naturalism is a philosophical worldview that explains reality solely in terms of natural causes, laws, and phenomena, typically rejecting supernatural or metaphysical explanations.

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Generate an image of Naturalism (Naturalism is a philosophical worldview that explains reality solely in terms of natural causes, laws, and phenomena, typically rejecting supernatural or metaphysical explanations.)

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Naturalism canonical 17
Philosophical Naturalism 2
metaphysical naturalism 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epistemological stance ⓘ
metaphysical position ⓘ
ontological doctrine ⓘ
philosophical worldview ⓘ
contrastsWith dualism ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
supernaturalism ⓘ
theism ⓘ
defines nature as the totality of space, time, matter, and energy ⓘ
emphasizes causal closure of the physical world ⓘ
empirical evidence ⓘ
laws of nature ⓘ
scientific methods as primary means of knowing reality ⓘ
hasCoreClaim everything that exists is part of the natural world ⓘ
reality is fully explainable by natural causes and laws ⓘ
hasVariant ethical naturalism ⓘ
liberal naturalism ⓘ
metaphysical naturalism ⓘ
linked to: Naturalism

methodological naturalism ⓘ
ontological naturalism ⓘ
pragmatic naturalism ⓘ
scientific naturalism ⓘ
historicalRoot Enlightenment thought ⓘ
ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
holdsThat all phenomena are ultimately natural phenomena ⓘ
human beings are part of nature ⓘ
mental states depend on or emerge from physical states ⓘ
values and norms can be studied as natural phenomena ⓘ
influences contemporary analytic philosophy ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
isAssociatedWith David Hume ⓘ
Hilary Putnam ⓘ
John Dewey ⓘ
Mario Bunge ⓘ
W. V. O. Quine ⓘ
isBasedOn assumption that nature is all there is ⓘ
isCriticizedFor alleged inability to account for consciousness ⓘ
alleged inability to ground objective morality ⓘ
alleged self-referential problems about reason and reliability of cognition ⓘ
isRelatedTo agnosticism ⓘ
atheism ⓘ
empiricism ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
physicalism ⓘ
scientific realism ⓘ
secular humanism ⓘ
rejects appeals to non-natural entities ⓘ
miraculous interventions in nature ⓘ
supernatural explanations ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

David Hume → movement → Naturalism ⓘ
Social realism → influencedBy → Naturalism ⓘ
Naturalism → hasVariant → metaphysical naturalism ⓘ
linked to: Naturalism
Ernst Haeckel → religionOrWorldview → scientific naturalism ⓘ
linked to: Naturalism
La Débâcle → literaryMovement → Naturalism ⓘ
Pot-Bouille → literaryMovement → Naturalism ⓘ
Fécondité → literaryMovement → Naturalism ⓘ
Vérité → literaryMovement → Naturalism ⓘ
L’Œuvre → genre → Naturalism ⓘ
L’Œuvre → literaryMovement → Naturalism ⓘ
Symbolist Manifesto → opposes → Naturalism ⓘ
Nana → literaryMovement → Naturalism ⓘ
Joris-Karl Huysmans → movement → Naturalism ⓘ
Eça de Queirós → movement → Naturalism ⓘ
Realms of Being → philosophicalSchool → naturalism ⓘ
linked to: Naturalism
David Papineau → hasWritten → Philosophical Naturalism ⓘ
linked to: Naturalism
David Papineau → notableWork → Philosophical Naturalism ⓘ
linked to: Naturalism