Naturalism

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Naturalism may refer to:

  • Naturalism (philosophy), any of several philosophical stances wherein all phenomena or hypotheses commonly labeled as supernatural, are either false or not inherently different from natural phenomena or hypotheses
    • Methodological naturalism is the methodological assumption that observable events in nature are explained only by natural causes without assuming the existence or non-existence of the supernatural,
    • Metaphysical naturalism, a view whereby the world is amenable to a unified study that includes the natural sciences and in this sense the world is a unity.
  • Naturalism (arts), an artistic style
  • Naturalism (literature), a literary, cinematic, or theatrical style
  • Ethical naturalism, the theory that ethical terms can be defined in non-ethical terms
  • Humanistic naturalism, an outlook that places the emphasis upon a naturalism based upon scientific reasoning
  • Sociological naturalism, the view that the natural world and the social world are roughly identical and governed by similar principles
  • Naturalistic observation, an empirical method of study by which the researcher introduces no outside stimulus, instead witnessing behavior as it naturally occurs in the environment

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