Naturalism In apologetic discussions, naturalism (or more specifically, ontological naturalism) normally refers to the view that everything develops from natural properties and causes. Methodological naturalism is a framework for inquiry that does not claim that only the natural world exists, but nonetheless excludes the supernatural from consideration as unobservable and unprovable. Compared to the approaches represented on the right side of the graphic, classical apologists tend to display a higher
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