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Naturalism (philosophy) (view source)
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[[Philosophical naturalism]] is the concept that [[human being]]s have no [[soul]] or [[spiritual body]], that there is no [[afterlife]] or [[heaven]] or [[hell]], and that all supernatural phenomena, causes or beings are merely figments of human imagination.
[[Philosophical naturalism]] is the concept that [[human being]]s have no [[soul]] or [[spiritual body]], that there is no [[afterlife]] or [[heaven]] or [[hell]], and that all supernatural phenomena, causes or beings are merely figments of human imagination.
If philosophical naturalism we true, then we ought not to trust our capacity for [[reason]] for the human [[brain]] would be a byproduct of blind/unintelligent natural forces.
<ref>
*[http://creationevolutiondesign.blogspot.com/2006/09/cs-lewis-argument-from-reason.html C.S. Lewis' argument from reason]
*[http://www.evolutionnews.org/2013/11/cs_lewis_and_th079541.html C.S. Lewis and the Argument from Reason] by Jay W. Richards, November 25, 2013
*[http://www.acton.org/pub/religion-liberty/volume-6-number-6/cs-lewis-and-materialism C.S. Lewis and Materialism] by John G. West
*[http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=8669 C.S. Lewis On The Validity of Reasoning]
*[http://truthbomb.blogspot.com/2012/04/cs-lewis-on-rationality-and-materialism.html C.S. Lewis on Rationality and Materialism ]
*[http://str.typepad.com/weblog/2008/08/naturalisms-hot.html Naturalism's Hot Water]
</ref> Therefore, believing in naturalism is self-defeating (see: [[Atheism and reason]]).
[[Moral naturalism]] rejects divine revelation as the source of ethics, holding that morals emerged from the emergence of the best course for survival as a society, much as instincts emerge as the best course for survival among animals in the wild.
[[Moral naturalism]] rejects divine revelation as the source of ethics, holding that morals emerged from the emergence of the best course for survival as a society, much as instincts emerge as the best course for survival among animals in the wild.