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If evolution is science, then what is naturalism?
There are two kinds of naturalism; ontological and methodological.
Ontological naturalism is the philosophical position that all that exists is the natural and that the supernatural does not exist.
Methodological naturalism posits that only that in nature which we can observe with our five senses can be explained using naturalistic explanations. It ignores the question of the existence or non-existence of the supernatural entirely.
The scientific method is based upon
Methodological naturalism, and anyone doing real science uses methodological naturalism in their work.
No science is based upon
ontological naturalism, nor is any scientist required to embrace ontological naturalism as a personal philosophy.
This is how it is possible that there are scientists of many different religions and philosophies but who all use
methodological naturalism in their work.