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A Qualification of Methodological Naturalism: Brightman and de Vries Revisited.
- Source :
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Theology & Science . May2022, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p166-178. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- In this study I analyze what Edgar Sheffield Brightman and Paul de Vries originally meant by methodological naturalism, when they first invented the term and then argue that both of them proposed a significantly qualified version of scientific naturalism over against the predominance of a reductionist version of scientific naturalism called epistemic reductionism or scientism—that is, an unjustified epistemological assumption that science is the only legitimate way to truth. In the final analysis, I propose a qualified re-definition of methodological naturalism with emphasis on the self-restricted application of the naturalistic method to natural sciences alone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *NATURALISM
*REDUCTIONISM
*SCIENTISM
*METAPHYSICAL naturalism
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14746700
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Theology & Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156581419
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14746700.2022.2051249