Arguments Against Methodological Naturalism and Their Roots in Metaphysics

Authors

  • Krzysztof Kilian University of Zielona Góra

Keywords:

methodological naturalism, meodological anti-naturalism, presuppositionalism thesis, epistemic frameworks

Abstract

The article analyzes main arguments against methodological naturalism and shows their roots in specific metaphysics. A review of the arguments against this form of naturalism presented in this paper lends credence to the thesis that none of the arguments against methodological naturalism discussed here forces one to abandon naturalism.   

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Kilian, K. (2024). Arguments Against Methodological Naturalism and Their Roots in Metaphysics. Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 20(1), 268–313. Retrieved from http://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1126