Questions tagged [supernaturalism]
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Naturalism and anti-realism in the philosophy of science
I was surprised by the lack of easily accessed discussion on overlap of these popular philosophical terms / ideas. Are they more or less orthogonal?
As I understand it, ontological naturalism says we should believe in the reality of only the…
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Is there an ontological distinction between magic and the supernatural?
I'm an ardent physicalist with a belief in the importance of the partial reduction of theories to physicalism. I have on occasion had discussions with philosophers here who challenge the existence of the natural/supernatural dichotomy, or in some…
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Is there something a little artificial about 'miracles'?
A miracle is something that is currently inexplicable by the laws of nature: statues crying blood; the resurrection of the dead; turning water into wine; etc.. Suppose I can accurately guess the lottery each weekend (I can't), and do so each weekend…
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Problems with saying that our universe is physically closed (reformulating Kant's antinomies)
Initial caveat: some misapprehension seems to have arisen over my reference to physical sets. But in this, I am trying to follow the language of modern topology, which seems to be applied everywhere without hesitation in physics (as with quantum…
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Can idealism be equated with supernaturalism?
Can the philosophy of idealism (in the quite broad sense, so including Platon, Leibniz, and the so-called German idealism with Kant, Fichte, etc.), be equated with supernaturalism?
Below is provided a definition of philosophical idealism (from the…
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Formal definition of "natural" and "naturalness" for the ethics and moral philosophy of "natural law"?
Every object is the combinatorial combination of atoms (or quarks/gluons/leptons if we dive deeper to the elements). Is there formal definition which combinations of atoms are "natural" and which are not "natural"? And which combinations of…
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Restating my argument, people have seen real unususal seemingly fictional creaturs
NOBODY SHOULD EDIT MY ARGUMENT BECAUSE THEY DONT REPRESENT IT CORRECTLY
Reconsidering Unusual Creature Sightings: A Rational Perspective
It is important to reconsider the phenomenon of reported sightings of unusual creatures, as there exists a…
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Standards of knowledge-by-testimony and reports of unusual lifeforms
The argument goes:
Over 50% of all statements made by all people in general are true or at least sincere.
Over 50% of observation reports are factually accurate (not reports of hallucinations).
A nonnegligible percent of observation reports…
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