Methodological naturalism
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Methodological naturalism is the idea that only the natural world should be studied by science. The possibility of divine intervention in nature is not only neglected, but positively dismissed. [1]
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- ↑ The philosophical doctrine of methodological naturalism holds that, for any study of the world to qualify as "scientific," it cannot refer to God's creative activity (or any sort of divine activity). The methods of science, it is claimed, "give us no purchase" on theological propositions--even if the latter are true--and theology therefore cannot influence scientific explanation or theory justification. Alvin Plantinga, Department of Philosophy, Decio Hall, University of Notre Dame