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Welcome. Naturalism.Org, a production of the Center for Naturalism, is a resource for those interested in worldview naturalism and its personal and social implications. For background and FAQs on this understanding of naturalism, please see:

~ Worldview Naturalism in a Nutshell
~ Q & A on Naturalism
~ A Guide to Naturalism
~ A Brief History of Naturalism
~ Encountering Naturalism: A Worldview and Its Uses (book)
~ Naturalism: the Next Step for Humanists? (video)
~ Worldview Naturalism: an overview as Naturalism.Org turns 10
~ Systematizing Naturalism: guide to essential articles at Naturalism.Org
~ Presentations on Naturalism
~ Tenets of Naturalism
~ Consequences of Naturalism
~ The Viability of Naturalism
~ Translations of our Introduction to Naturalism and other materials
~ Books on or related to naturalism
~ External resources on naturalism

Naturalism.Org welcomes your feedback and suggestions for additional links and resources, so please be in touch. See here for what's new, click here for an overview of contents, and here for chronological archives. The non-profit Center for Naturalism now has its own website, www.centerfornaturalism.org.

~ Discuss: Naturalism Philosophy Forum (open membership)

~ Networking for naturalists:
       ~ Applied Naturalism Group (membership on approval)
       ~ Naturalism on Facebook
       ~ Naturalism at Atheist Nexus
       ~ Naturalism Meetups

~ CFN newsletter (currently on sabbatical); subscribe.

Recently added articles, commentary, podcasts, etc:

~ Close encounters of the 4th kind - metaphysical naturalism as an empirically plausible conjecture

~ Naturalism as a positive worldview - conversation with Luke Muehlhauser at Common Sense Atheism

~ Is scientific inquiry restricted to nature? (at NPR's 13.7 Cosmos and Culture)

~ Respecting privacy: why consciousness isn't even epiphenomenal

~ Free Will Roundup:

~ Scientific skeptic speaks out

~ Knights Templeton on quest for causa sui

~ Is Naturalism Nihilistic?

~ Causation and Culpability

~ Too Good to Be True, Too Obscure to Explain: The Cognitive Shortcomings of Belief in God, from 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists, Russell Blackford and Udo Schuklenk, editors.

~ Scripting the Future - spacetime and the nature of control.

~ Dr. Ginger Campbell interviews CFN director Tom Clark on worldview naturalism at Books and Ideas, transcript here.

~ Tennis Without a Net: The Emptiness of the Supernatural Hypothesis - review of The Recalcitrant Imago Dei: Human Persons and the Failure of Naturalism, by J.P. Moreland.

~ Free Will Skepticism: Where Are the Skeptics? - a good debunking needed.

~ Scientific Naturalism and the Illusion of Free Will - Point of Inquiry interview at the Center for Inquiry.

- your feedback is welcome -
Contents

~ Chronological archives 1998-present are here.

~ The Philosophy page takes you to papers and book reviews on various topics addressed from a naturalistic point of view, including free will, consciousness, death, morality, and other concerns. Associated pages: Anti-Foundationalism; Atheism; Commitments; Consciousness;
Death; Faith and Science; Free Will; History; Morality; Multiculturalism; New Age; Replies;
Reviews; Science; Tenets of Naturalism; Theology.

~ The Applied Naturalism page provides a short overview of some basic points about the version of naturalism presented here, and then suggests some of its personal and social consequences. Letters to magazines and newspapers are included to illustrate how naturalism applies in the social arena. Associated pages: Activism; Addiction; Archives; Consequences;
Criminal Justice; Currents; Decision Finder; Environment; Letters; Lexicon; Neuroscience;
Politics; Resources; Sexuality; Social Justice.

~ The Spirituality page explores how naturalism can provide a philosophical basis for feelings of connection and meaning within a strictly material universe. It also works as a non-academic introduction to the themes developed in the Philosophy pages. Associated pages: Ceremony; Charlottesville; Naturalistic Spirituality; Spirituality Without Faith; Enlightenment.
~ The Allies page lists like-minded individuals who are directly or indirectly promoting naturalism.

~ The Links page gets you to relevant Organizations, People and Publications.
~ The Consulting page describes practical philosophical consultation services.

~ The Personal page has a bit about your host.

~ The Replies page - where your substantive feedback is posted.

Can't find something? Lost, confused? Try searching on a key word below, e.g., choice, determinism.

Thanks for visiting.....
- Tom Clark

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