Non-supernaturalism: Linguistic Convention, Metaphysical Claim, or Empirical Matter of Fact?
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Non-supernaturalism : Linguistic Convention, Metaphysical Claim, or Empirical Matter of Fact? / Jaksland, Rasmus.
In: Philosophia (United States), Vol. 49, No. 1, 2021, p. 299-314.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-supernaturalism
T2 - Linguistic Convention, Metaphysical Claim, or Empirical Matter of Fact?
AU - Jaksland, Rasmus
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This paper examines our pre-theoretic conception of non-supernaturalism; the thesis that all that exists is natural. It is argued that we intuitively take this thesis to be a substantive, non-dogmatic, empirically justified, not merely contingent truth. However, devicing an interpretation of non-supernaturalism that captures all aspects of this intuition is difficult. Indeed, it is found that this intuition conflates the strong inferential scope of a metaphysical claim with the modest justificatory requirements of an empirical matter of fact. As such, non-supernaturalism, in its pre-theoretic form, contains an internal tension that must be navigated whenever the thesis features in systematic thinking.
AB - This paper examines our pre-theoretic conception of non-supernaturalism; the thesis that all that exists is natural. It is argued that we intuitively take this thesis to be a substantive, non-dogmatic, empirically justified, not merely contingent truth. However, devicing an interpretation of non-supernaturalism that captures all aspects of this intuition is difficult. Indeed, it is found that this intuition conflates the strong inferential scope of a metaphysical claim with the modest justificatory requirements of an empirical matter of fact. As such, non-supernaturalism, in its pre-theoretic form, contains an internal tension that must be navigated whenever the thesis features in systematic thinking.
KW - Intuitions
KW - Metaphysics
KW - Methodology
KW - Naturalism
KW - Ontology
KW - Supernaturalism
U2 - 10.1007/s11406-020-00251-0
DO - 10.1007/s11406-020-00251-0
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85089733605
VL - 49
SP - 299
EP - 314
JO - Philosophia (United States)
JF - Philosophia (United States)
SN - 0048-3893
IS - 1
ER -
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