Naturalism
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Naturalism is a philosophical worldview that explains reality solely in terms of natural causes, laws, and phenomena, typically rejecting supernatural or metaphysical explanations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Naturalism canonical | 17 |
| metaphysical naturalism | 1 |
| scientific naturalism | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T124465 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Naturalism Context triple: [David Hume, movement, Naturalism]
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A.
Realism
Realism is a literary and artistic movement that focuses on depicting everyday life and ordinary people with truthful, unembellished detail.
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B.
Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism is a 19th-century American philosophical and literary movement that emphasized individual intuition, spiritual insight, and the inherent goodness of people and nature in opposition to materialism and institutional authority.
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C.
Darwinism
Darwinism is the scientific theory of biological evolution by natural selection, explaining how species change over time through heritable variation and differential survival and reproduction.
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Lamarckism
Lamarckism is an early evolutionary theory proposing that organisms can pass on traits acquired during their lifetime to their offspring, emphasizing use and disuse of organs as drivers of change.
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E.
Romanticism
Romanticism was a late 18th- and 19th-century artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that emphasized emotion, individualism, imagination, and a deep appreciation of nature and the sublime in reaction against Enlightenment rationalism and industrialization.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Naturalism Target entity description: Naturalism is a philosophical worldview that explains reality solely in terms of natural causes, laws, and phenomena, typically rejecting supernatural or metaphysical explanations.
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A.
Realism
Realism is a literary and artistic movement that focuses on depicting everyday life and ordinary people with truthful, unembellished detail.
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B.
Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism is a 19th-century American philosophical and literary movement that emphasized individual intuition, spiritual insight, and the inherent goodness of people and nature in opposition to materialism and institutional authority.
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C.
Darwinism
Darwinism is the scientific theory of biological evolution by natural selection, explaining how species change over time through heritable variation and differential survival and reproduction.
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D.
Lamarckism
Lamarckism is an early evolutionary theory proposing that organisms can pass on traits acquired during their lifetime to their offspring, emphasizing use and disuse of organs as drivers of change.
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E.
Romanticism
Romanticism was a late 18th- and 19th-century artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that emphasized emotion, individualism, imagination, and a deep appreciation of nature and the sublime in reaction against Enlightenment rationalism and industrialization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epistemological stance
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metaphysical position ⓘ ontological doctrine ⓘ philosophical worldview ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
dualism
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idealism ⓘ supernaturalism ⓘ theism ⓘ |
| defines | nature as the totality of space, time, matter, and energy ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
causal closure of the physical world
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empirical evidence ⓘ laws of nature ⓘ scientific methods as primary means of knowing reality ⓘ |
| hasCoreClaim |
everything that exists is part of the natural world
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reality is fully explainable by natural causes and laws ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
ethical naturalism
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liberal naturalism ⓘ Naturalism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
metaphysical naturalism
methodological naturalism ⓘ ontological naturalism ⓘ pragmatic naturalism ⓘ scientific naturalism ⓘ |
| historicalRoot |
Enlightenment thought
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ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| holdsThat |
all phenomena are ultimately natural phenomena
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human beings are part of nature ⓘ mental states depend on or emerge from physical states ⓘ values and norms can be studied as natural phenomena ⓘ |
| influences |
contemporary analytic philosophy
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epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
David Hume
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Hilary Putnam ⓘ John Dewey ⓘ Mario Bunge ⓘ Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ
surface form:
W. V. O. Quine
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| isBasedOn | assumption that nature is all there is ⓘ |
| isCriticizedFor |
alleged inability to account for consciousness
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alleged inability to ground objective morality ⓘ alleged self-referential problems about reason and reliability of cognition ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
agnosticism
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atheism ⓘ empiricism ⓘ materialism ⓘ physicalism ⓘ scientific realism ⓘ secular humanism ⓘ |
| rejects |
appeals to non-natural entities
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miraculous interventions in nature ⓘ supernatural explanations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Naturalism Description of subject: Naturalism is a philosophical worldview that explains reality solely in terms of natural causes, laws, and phenomena, typically rejecting supernatural or metaphysical explanations.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
metaphysical naturalism
this entity surface form:
scientific naturalism