Article ID: CBB001252228

The Role of Metaphysical Naturalism in Science (2012)

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Mahner, Martin (Author)


Science and Education
Volume: 21, no. 10
Issue: 10
Pages: 1437-1459


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “Mario Bunge: Evaluations of His Systematic Philosophy”
Language: English

This paper defends the view that metaphysical naturalism is a constitutive ontological principle of science in that the general empirical methods of science, such as observation, measurement and experiment, and thus the very production of empirical evidence, presuppose a no-supernature principle. It examines the consequences of metaphysical naturalism for the testability of supernatural claims, and it argues that explanations involving supernatural entities are pseudo-explanatory due to the many semantic and ontological problems of supernatural concepts. The paper also addresses the controversy about metaphysical versus methodological naturalism.

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Authors & Contributors
Matthews, Michael R.
Wilson, Catherine
Wan, Poe Yu-ze
Virues-Ortega, Javier
Taylor, Michael W.
Spurrett, David
Journals
Science and Education
Zygon
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Publishers
Springer
Oxford University Press
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Naturalism (philosophy)
Metaphysics
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Philosophy
People
Bunge, Mario
Spencer, Herbert
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William
Kant, Immanuel
Hilbert, David
Beck, Guido
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
Early modern
20th century, early
19th century
Places
Argentina
Latin America
Canada
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