From: John W Burgeson (jwburgeson@juno.com)
Date: Thu Aug 28 2003 - 13:47:56 EDT
Steve asked: "Does anyone know when the term "methodological naturalism"
was first used?"
Otto Strunk, in his book "The Choice Called Atheism", Abington Press,
1968, used a similar term on page 50.
In chapter 2, he has a section titled "The Impact of Modern Science." On
page 50, he writes:
"Just a brief excursion into the history and nature of science will give
some indication of how the contemporary view of science was born.
Several
hundred years before Christ the Epicureans taught that science must
accept
two fundamental principles. First, it should take account of all the
evidence
available, and second , it should not explain perplexing phenomena by
referring to the possible intervention of the gods. In a very real sense
this
Greek philosophy of science was the beginning of what might be called
methodological atheism."
Burgy
www.burgy.50megs.com
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