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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"methodological naturalism"”.
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Risking Belief: A Bayesian Decision Theoretic Epistemology
Finally, I apply BTRA to burden of proof and methodological naturalism, arguing that BTRA explicates burden of proof, and that methodological naturalism is only rational for people with certain practical and epistemic preferences: those with humanist tendencies.
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A Comparative Analysis of Divine Action Methodologies in the Works of Robert John Russell and Alvin Plantinga
… of natural law, Newtonian and quantum mechanics, methodological naturalism, interventionism, and the general relationship of theology to science are presented. Chapter 5 demonstrates the general epistemology of each thinker with special emphasis given to whether theological beliefs constrain …
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Here be dragons: exploring the hinterland of science
… particularly with regard to the principle of methodological naturalism in science and the controversy about supernaturalism and intelligent design. I develop a theoretical framework for analyzing the structure of pseudosciences, based on the concepts of immunizing strategies and epistemic …
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Rethinking Edwards v. Aguillard?: The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and the Challenge of Intelligent Design
… of presupposing the philosophical doctrine of methodological naturalism, which ID supporters believe is not necessary for the practice of science qua science. Others argue that the teaching of naturalistic evolution may violate political liberalism's call to state neutrality. And yet others …
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Concepts of law of nature
… on the role played by a number of supposed methodological principles, including appeals to intuition, parsimony, and methodological naturalism. While the conclusions of this dissertation are explicitly constrained to laws, many of the arguments should be of interest to those who are …
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Competing for the Minds of America: Does the Teaching of Evolution in High Schools Promote a Naturalistic Worldview?
The debate over evolution has been raging in America's public schools for the past century. This has led to numerous court cases that moved our teachers from teaching creationism in classrooms to today's curriculum of evolution only. Scientists hold evolution as an overarching theory that ties …