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*[http://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/mrwatkin//zeta/RHproofs.htm Proposed (dis)proofs of the Riemann Hypothesis]

*[http://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/mrwatkin//zeta/RHproofs.htm Proposed (dis)proofs of the Riemann Hypothesis]

*[http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajams/2/2/1/index.html Proof the Riemann Hypothesis, P.M. Mazurkin, Doctor of Engineering Science, Academician of RANS, member of EANS, Volga Region State Technological University, Russia]</ref>

*[http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajams/2/2/1/index.html Proof the Riemann Hypothesis, P.M. Mazurkin, Doctor of Engineering Science, Academician of RANS, member of EANS, Volga Region State Technological University, Russia]</ref>

There is in nature a regularity, unity, and wholeness that implies objective laws, without which the pursuit of scientific knowledge would be absurd. Man’s endless search for concrete [[proof]]s of his beliefs is seen by adherents of naturalism as a confirmation of naturalistic methodology. Naturalists point out that even when one scientific theory is abandoned in favour of another, man does not despair of knowing nature, nor does he repudiate the “natural method” in his search for truth. Theories change; methodology does not.

There is in nature a regularity, unity, and wholeness that implies objective laws, without which the pursuit of scientific knowledge would be absurd. Man's endless search for concrete [[proof]]s of his beliefs is seen by adherents of naturalism as a confirmation of naturalistic methodology. Naturalists point out that even when one scientific theory is abandoned in favour of another, man does not despair of knowing nature, nor does he repudiate the “natural method” in his search for truth. Theories change; methodology does not.

While naturalism has often been equated with materialism, it is much broader in scope. Materialism is indeed naturalistic, but the converse is not necessarily true, for naturalism as a whole is not strictly limited to the materialistic. Strictly speaking, naturalism has no ontological preference; i.e., no bias toward any particular set of categories of reality. ''[[Dualism]] and [[monism]], [[atheism]] and [[theism]], [[idealism]] and [[materialism]]'' are all ''per se'' compatible with it. As long as all of reality is held to be natural, no other limitations are imposed. Naturalists have in fact expressed a wide variety of views, even to the point of developing a [[Theism|theistic naturalism]].

While naturalism has often been equated with materialism, it is much broader in scope. Materialism is indeed naturalistic, but the converse is not necessarily true, for naturalism as a whole is not strictly limited to the materialistic. Strictly speaking, naturalism has no ontological preference; i.e., no bias toward any particular set of categories of reality. ''[[Dualism]] and [[monism]], [[atheism]] and [[theism]], [[idealism]] and [[materialism]]'' are all ''per se'' compatible with it. As long as all of reality is held to be natural, no other limitations are imposed. Naturalists have in fact expressed a wide variety of views, even to the point of developing a [[Theism|theistic naturalism]].

Only rarely do naturalists give attention to metaphysics (which they regard with scornful ridicule), and they make no philosophical attempts to establish their position. Naturalists simply assert that nature is reality, the whole of it, which includes God as the source and summit of all reality for those who believe in God. There is nothing beyond, nothing “other than,” no “other world” of being.

Only rarely do naturalists give attention to metaphysics (which they regard with scornful ridicule), and they make no philosophical attempts to establish their position. Naturalists simply assert that nature is reality, the whole of it, which includes God as the source and summit of all reality for those who believe in God. There is nothing beyond, nothing “other than,” no “other world” of being.

Naturalism’s greatest vogue occurred during the 1930s and ’40s, chiefly in the United States among philosophers such as [[F.J.E. Woodbridge]], [[Morris R. Cohen]], [[John Dewey]], [[Ernest Nagel]], and [[Sidney Hook]].

Naturalism's greatest vogue occurred during the 1930s and ’40s, chiefly in the United States among philosophers such as [[F.J.E. Woodbridge]], [[Morris R. Cohen]], [[John Dewey]], [[Ernest Nagel]], and [[Sidney Hook]].

=== Philosophies related to Naturalism===

=== Philosophies related to Naturalism===