(October 27, 2017 at 2:55 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Steve, science is the study of the natural. Of course there's an assumption of naturalism.
I mean, c'mon, you're not even trying at this point.
That wasn't my point. I was giving the reason why #2 and #3 are inferred. An inference fueled by an observable fact and a philosophical worldview does not a fact make.
I have no problem with methodological naturalism and the related principles as part of a philosophy of science. But we need to be more precise when we throw around the word 'fact' and ridicule people who object.