philosophy: Naturalism...the finer details

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@ 2006-12-09 20:13:00

Naturalism...the finer details
Besides having science as the main explaination for humans and the world, what else does naturalism entail? What else do MODERN philosophers of naturalism believe in?

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	rogerdr 2006-12-10 12:36 am UTC (link)
	Besides humans and the world, what else is there to explain? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	epictetus_rex 2006-12-10 12:50 am UTC (link)
	Everything that isn't those two things! Duh. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	i_muad_dib 2006-12-10 03:01 am UTC (link)
	What else is there besides life and the Universe ? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	chops_a_must 2006-12-10 05:12 am UTC (link)
	Lol. Yeah, I'm sure Zola was a nazi. I don't know enough about contemporary naturalists, but thought they used genetics as an explaining tool, rather than science as a whole. But also were believers in theories of realism. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	beachofdreams 2006-12-10 05:24 am UTC (link)
	Homosexuals evil? Ought to be burned at the stake? On the contrary, they present the best form of birth control, something that I think is in order if we are naturalists concerned with preserving the Gaia earth system. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	anosognosia 2006-12-10 06:56 am UTC (link)
	Naturalism doesn't mean anything in particular, other than that its invoker wants to avoid debate about what constitutes nature by identifying nature fundamentally with whatever views they happen to hold. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	zentiger 2006-12-10 07:20 am UTC (link)
	I agree, but mostly I have to tell you I approve of that icon. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	hollowman 2006-12-10 07:45 am UTC (link)
	Naturalism is basically interchangeable with amterialism, as far as I can see. There's nothing very mysterious about what it means. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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hollowman
2006-12-10 10:01 am UTC (link)

Hmmm... nope. Naturalism is basically just a form of materialism, focused specifically on explaining phenomenon through non-supernatural means.

I dunno what you think is wrong there.

>>That's because you're an idiot.<<

You are becoming boring. I don't feel the need to point out what an idiot you are after your infinite and poorly considered pseudo-troll posts; your need to call me an idiot after even the most prosaic of statements is just bewildering.

Did I somehow have sex with your girlfriend or something?

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	anosognosia 2006-12-10 12:53 pm UTC (link)
	Your equation of supernatural with nonmaterial is exactly an illustration of my original point. Beyond this canard, the notion of distinguishing naturalism from supernaturalism reduces the former to sheer triviality. Who, after all, champions supernaturalism? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	paulhope 2006-12-10 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	Quick question: can you refer me to some philosophical names associated with the emergentist position? I've heard the theory passed around a lot in informal settings, but never in an academic one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anosognosia 2006-12-10 12:55 pm UTC (link)
	"What is their non-physical yet natural explanation for the mind?" Presumably you mean "What is the non-physical yet natural explanation for thinking and behavior?" The answer being, of couse: "Mind." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	alisarin 2006-12-11 11:53 am UTC (link)
	Perspective of a reducing the subjectivity to the objectual sheme and classical (Aristotelian) theory of material independence of the spatial and temporary basis. (Reply to this)

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