(October 10, 2011 at 12:58 am)vxhughes Wrote: I'm looking for a term that is much more all-encompassing than "atheism", the mere lack of belief in a single deity or in multiple deities.
Does anyone know if there is a term to describe a viewpoint which not only does not ascribe to, but in fact actively DENIES, anything whatsoever of a religious, spiritual, metaphysical, supernatural or mystical nature, including (but not limited to) not only the existence of a single deity or multiple deities, but also in:
• any kind of immortality or afterlife (such as heaven, hell, purgatory, limbo, or reincarnation),
• souls or spirits (whether human, animal, alien, or divine, or anything along the lines of nature spirits, ghosts, or "life force"),
• not only the existence, but also the very notion, of the “holy”, “sacred”, or “divine”,
• moral "causality" at work in the physical universe (for example, karma), or
• morality or ethics which exist independently of the human mind;
in other words, in all but reason, logic and science?
(Just for the record, please note that at least in the opinion of this writer, such a viewpoint would indicate that all so-called “spiritual” experience is essentially of a merely emotional nature.)
Just asking - thanks for any help anyone can offer.
The philosophical system you are described is called metaphysical naturalism. Richard Carrier wrote a book defending metaphysical naturalism.
http://www.amazon.com/Sense-Goodness-Wit...1420802933
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