http://www.youngausskeptics.com/2009/06/what-is-philosophical-naturalism-and-why-do-i-accept-it/ A sanctuary for young free-thinkers Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:47:56 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.youngausskeptics.com/2009/06/what-is-philosophical-naturalism-and-why-do-i-accept-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5561 Joel Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:39:55 +0000 http://www.youngausskeptics.com/?p=2703#comment-5561 One of the troubles with those definitions is... imagine a subatomic particle ("thoughtexcersizon") which does not interact with any other type of particle (including those that we are made and make things out of), except, of course, for antithoughtexcersizons, and I'm not sure about whether it would interact with sthoughtexcersizons. Would that be a supernatural subatomic particle? Utterly undetectable, and without any application (obviously), but it still seems a bit weird to describe it as "supernatural". One of the troubles with those definitions is… imagine a subatomic particle (“thoughtexcersizon”) which does not interact with any other type of particle (including those that we are made and make things out of), except, of course, for antithoughtexcersizons, and I’m not sure about whether it would interact with sthoughtexcersizons. Would that be a supernatural subatomic particle? Utterly undetectable, and without any application (obviously), but it still seems a bit weird to describe it as “supernatural”.

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