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Naturalism

שו”תCategory: philosophyNaturalism
asked 3 years ago

Good evening!
I don’t understand several points about philosophical naturalism:
1- Naturalism claims that there are no teleological explanations, and if I understand correctly, then the meaning is that there is nothing that works because it was planned in advance for a purpose, but rather it simply exists. And yet it is difficult for me because in the Bible, when a person sets a goal for himself to eat, then the definition is not that there is purposeful planning, but rather that this is the existence of a person, but that a person creates a computer that works according to an algorithm, why is this not said to have a teleological purpose?
2- What does the naturalistic definition add to Aristotle’s words that there is no aspiration to an idea, but that everything exists and nothing else, and this is precisely the naturalistic definition?
3- Naturalists also claim that there is no such thing as supernatural by definition, i.e. that something that is supernatural does not exist. Q. To me, is this essentially a description of a material world in which there is no duality, or is the intention that even if there is a spirit, it can still be explained?
And it’s still not clear to me whether their starting point is that the mind can understand everything? And so how do they align with Kant’s words about rhetoric?
Thank you very much.


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מיכי Staff answered 3 years ago
I didn’t understand your use of the term ‘naturalistic’. That’s not the accepted usage. Teleological inversion is causal, not naturalistic.
  1. Those who reject teleology say that teleological sensations are fictions. There is always a reason behind it.
  2. I didn’t understand even a single combination of words here.
  3. I didn’t understand anything.
  4. I suggest that you ask each question separately and not several questions together, but define the question well. It is also advisable to use the terms in the accepted way, otherwise it is difficult to understand.

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שואל השאלה replied 3 years ago

Thank you very much!
I guess I'll wait for another opportunity to formulate the questions (by the way, some of them are based on a description from Wikipedia), I'm just writing from an old cell phone and every question is a real torment.

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