naturalism

is the abandonment of the goal of a first philosophy.

Quine, naturalism is the 'abandonment of the goal of a first philosophy' (Quine, 1981a, p. 72].

is the doctrine that nothing but nature, the single, all-embracing spatio-temporal system exist.

The doctrine that 'nothing but Nature, the single, all-embracing spatio-temporal system exist' (Armstrong 1978 p.138)

's answer to theism is not atheism but benign neglect. People are welcome to believe in God, though not a God who makes a difference in the natural order.

Naturalism is the view that the physical world is a self-contained system that works by blind, unbroken natural laws. Naturalism doesn't come right out and say there's nothing beyond nature. Rather, it says that nothing beyond nature could have any conceivable relevance to what happens in nature. Naturalism's answer to theism is not atheism but benign neglect. People are welcome to believe in God, though not a God who makes a difference in the natural order.

is not the idea that there's nothing beyond nature, but that nothing beyond nature could have any conceivable relevance to what happens in nature.

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