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NATURALISM AND MATERIALISM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2020

Peter Atkins
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Abstract

This article explores the nature and intellectual argument for naturalism and its dependent attitude, materialism. It touches on some of the alternatives but argues that they are inferior approaches to the manner in which knowledge and understanding are obtained. It extends the argument by touching on two subsidiary questions: the role of mathematics in describing the world and the origin of the laws of Nature.

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 19 , Issue 56 , Autumn 2020 , pp. 121 - 132
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy, 2020

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1 Atkins, Peter, Conjuring the Universe: The Origins of the Laws of Nature (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019)Google Scholar.