A Qualification of Methodological Naturalism
Brightman and de Vries Revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21725280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Junghyung Kim (0000-0002-0817-6719, Ching Kuo Institute of Management and Health, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 166-178 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theology and Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-6700 • E-ISSN: 1474-6719 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14746700.2022.2051249 |
| OpenAlex | W4220880748 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In this study I analyze what Edgar Sheffield Brightman and Paul de Vries originally meant by methodological naturalism, when they first invented the term and then argue that both of them proposed a significantly qualified version of scientific naturalism over against the predominance of a reductionist version of scientific naturalism called epistemic reductionism or scientism—that is, an unjustified epistemological assumption that science is the only legitimate way to truth. In the final analysis, I propose a qualified re-definition of methodological naturalism with emphasis on the self-restricted application of the naturalistic method to natural sciences alone
Epistemology · Natural science · Naturalism · Reductionism · Scientism · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |