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To: js1138
"So give us an example from the history of science in which abandonment of methodological materialism led to a useful discovery."

Your question has the assumption of philosophical naturalism embedded in it and requires the assumption of philosophical naturalism for interpreting any answers. In summary, you commit the fallacy of equating the existence of natural physical laws with philosophical naturalism in your question. Now perhaps you believe that generating fallacious questions is somehow support for philosophical naturalism, but that is only because you lack the critical-thinking capability needed to recognize your error.

That you continue to insist on maintaining your position even after I have showed you the fallacies supporting it merely proves the point that a belief in philosophical naturalism destroys critical-thinking ability.

61 posted on 11/25/2008 12:19:14 PM PST by GourmetDan
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To: GourmetDan

If you can’t cite an example of a scientific discovery that resulted from abandoning methodological materialism, could you tell us what point you are trying to make?


63 posted on 11/25/2008 12:22:03 PM PST by js1138
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