03.10.10
Naturalism misdefined, or undefined
James said,
March 10, 2010 at 2:18 pm ·
The problem is the attempt to find some Platonic definition of “naturalism.” When referring to “naturalism,” are we talking about Newtonian naturalism, Einsteinian naturalism, and/or QM naturalism? There are many different forms of “naturalism” and those who invoke it are in the same boat as those babble endlessly about “God.”
There a many others: Spinozistic naturalism, Samkhya naturalism, even Schopenhauer’s naturalism.
James said,
March 10, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Good point, but I was pointing out how difficult it is to define even with relation to physics. Even within QM, the different interpretations espouse different conceptions of “naturalism” (i.e. Bohmian, many worlds, etc.).
nemo said,
March 10, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Sorry, I am sure I missed the point of what you were saying (this blog is a bit rushed)
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