(October 4, 2013 at 8:01 pm)Rational AKD Wrote:(October 4, 2013 at 7:44 pm)pocaracas Wrote: What does "believe in naturalism" and "believe it to be true" mean?
to know that, you need only know the definition of belief, which is defined as accepting a proposition as true. this in mind, to say you can't believe in naturalism and believe it to be true is really a negation of statements that simplifies to you can't truly believe naturalism.
I was going more for the second part, but wth....
Quote:naturalism:
Philosophy .
a. the view of the world that takes account only of natural elements and forces, excluding the supernatural or spiritual.
b. the belief that all phenomena are covered by laws of science and that all teleological explanations are therefore without value.
Is this what you are wanting to mean by "naturalism"?
If it's the b.... then belief in naturalism means... belief in the belief that all phenomena are natural.... sweet non-sense.
Anyway...
It seems to me that naturalism should be the default position.
Given a person born and raised without any contact with any claims of divinities, how likely do you think it is that this person will arrive at a supernatural explanation to any phenomena that he comes across? (let's give him a few science books to explain a few things).
As the default position, it requires no belief. It just is...
