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Generally speaking, Naturalism is a philosophical system which holds that everything can be explained by means of natural causes. Naturalism can be summed up with Carl Sagan's infamous quote that "The Cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be." [1] Naturalism denies the existence of the supernatural and is thus opposed to supernaturalism. It is held by virtually all atheists. Modern day proponents of naturalism include Richard Carrier, Keith Parsons, and Michael Martin. Naturalism is a writing style in which the author seeks to replicate reality. But, it is different than realism. It is the opposite of Romanticism in which objects can be highly symbolic. Naturalism seeks to define items and objects in a scientific way. These works can often include poverty, death, disease, racism, prejudice, and other dark harshnesses of life. Naturalism or Metaphysical naturalism is the philosophical doctrine that the observable physical world is all there is. Most philosophers of science adhere strictly to this view and positively deny that any supernatural or miraculous effects or forces are possible; usually this goes along with atheism. Arrayed against naturalism are religious schools of thought which claim the the supernatural exists. In order to compete with science they have attempted to create "scientific theories" like Intelligent Design which aim to demonstrate signs of supernatural intervention in natural phenomena.

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Naturalism or Metaphysical naturalism is the philosophical doctrine that the observable physical world is all there is. Most philosophers of science adhere strictly to this view and positively deny that any supernatural or miraculous effects or forces are possible; usually this goes along with atheism. At any rate, all scientists adopt the methodology of methodological naturalism when working and this assumes that there is no way to contact or detect the supernatural. Because supernatural, intelligent forces - if they were to exist - are claimed to be be unpredictable and hence unrepeatable, scientists adhering to the scientific method by necessity must ignore the possibility of supernatural or magical intervention in the physical world. In order for it to be science everything must be explained by natural laws and principles. Arrayed against naturalism are religious schools of thought which claim the the supernatural exists. In order to compete with science they have attempted to create "scientific theories" like Intelligent Design which aim to demonstrate signs of supernatural intervention in natural phenomena. Generally speaking, Naturalism is a philosophical system which holds that everything can be explained by means of natural causes. Naturalism can be summed up with Carl Sagan's infamous quote that "The Cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be." [1] Naturalism denies the existence of the supernatural and is thus opposed to supernaturalism. It is held by virtually all atheists. Modern day proponents of naturalism include Richard Carrier, Keith Parsons, and Michael Martin. Naturalism is a writing style in which the author seeks to replicate reality. But, it is different than realism. It is the opposite of Romanticism in which objects can be highly symbolic. Naturalism seeks to define items and objects in a scientific way. These works can often include poverty, death, disease, racism, prejudice, and other dark harshnesses of life.