David McMahan cites "western monotheism; rationalism and scientific naturalism; and Romantic expressivism" as influences.
Did he ever transcend this somewhat romanticized attitude towards the universe, which did conflict with his own avowed scientific naturalism?
What can that mean, if you really believe in scientific naturalism?
Methodological or scientific naturalism is concerned with practical methods for acquiring knowledge.
He argues that adhering to both religious supernaturalism and scientific naturalism is not contradictory, but a "balance" of the "very essence of what it is to be human".
Other strands of the Enlightenment included scientific naturalism.
The debate over the book contributed to the campaign by T.H. Huxley and his fellow members of the X Club to secularise science by promoting scientific naturalism.
Augustine, summoning all his eloquence and fury, argued for a view of nature utterly antithetical to scientific naturalism.
This contrast underscores the tension in the picture between classical prototypes and scientific naturalism.
Phrenology and the origins of Victorian scientific naturalism.