Maarten Boudry on Methodological Naturalism

Honestly just been glad to see you. I hope you are feeling okay. The key things are the two threads here:

This post by our resident historian is extremely important: Methodological Naturalism, So Falsely Called - #39 by TedDavis

Get rid of MN, and we are no longer dealing with modern science. We are getting into theology at this point. No one should trust scientists with theology. :blush:

I am very happy to defend the fact than MN rules out explanations that include miraculous intervention a prioir. Far from indefensible, it is historically and philosophically and theologically grounded.

MN is, as Francis Bacon wrote, a safeguard against “heretical religion and fantastical science.” Atheists want to get rid of MN to achieve the former, and Scientific Creationists / Intelligent Design want to get rid of MN to achieve the later. Either way, it is a bad idea.

It cannot investigate the supernatural. For very grounded philosophical, scientific, and theological reasons.