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Meaning of naturalism

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

naturalism

noun

Definitions

  1. A state of nature; conformity to nature.

  2. The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in religious texts and in spiritual influences.

  3. Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.

  4. A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics