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Philip Cunningham’s critique of methodological naturalism

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From the paper: “Contrary to what many people believe, “Methodological naturalism is certainly NOT a ‘ground rule’ of science today”.

Paper.

See also: Why the “Naturalism” Part of “Methodological Naturalism” is Both Misleading and Unnecessary (Barry Arrington)

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Origenes says:

October 14, 2017 at 5:01 pm

That Paul Nelson quote is awesome:

MN [methodological naturalism] entails an ontology in which minds are the consequence of physics, and thus, can only be placeholders for a more detailed causal account in which physics is the only (ultimate) actor. You didn’t write your email to me. Physics did, and informed you of that event after the fact.

“That’s crazy,” you reply, “I certainly did write my email.” Okay, then — to what does the pronoun “I” in that sentence refer?
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Seversky says:

October 15, 2017 at 12:33 pm

Is there a reason why BA77 no longer posts here?

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