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To: tacticalogic; Alamo-Girl
Why is methodological naturalism explicitly differentiated from philosophical naturalism?

Evidently they are differentiated to show that one — methodological naturalism — has become the term of art for the currently reigning "scientific method." The emphasis is on "method," or manner of proceeding in the investigation of nature. The latter — philosophical naturalism — is the doctrine that justifies the method — that doctrine being that all natural objects can have only natural causes. In any case, the former is derivative from the latter.

455 posted on 09/30/2009 3:11:02 PM PDT by betty boop (Without God man neither knows which way to go, nor even understands who he is. —Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: betty boop
In any case, the former is derivative from the latter.

Does there exist a methodology derived from philosophical supernaturalism that can be used as a framework for consistent scientific investigation?

457 posted on 09/30/2009 3:14:51 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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