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Scientific naturalism — AQA GCSE Religious Studies A Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Religious Studies · key term

Scientific naturalism

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The view that the world can be explained through natural processes and scientific laws without supernatural explanations.

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AQA GCSE Religious Studies A · 8062

Paper 2

Scientific naturalism is the view that natural processes and scientific laws can explain the world without supernatural explanations. From this perspective, God is not needed to explain the universe or living things.
Revise: Scientific Arguments Against God

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