If you view the world from Naturalism you look at reality as a unified whole. Everything is shaped through physical, biological, psychological, social and environmental processes. Everything in this world is interconnected. It is one great chain connected by cause and effect. In Naturalism, everything can and will be explained through science. If something is to be held as true it must be scrutinized and verified through scientific experimentation.In this world science reigns supreme.
The theory of naturalism denounces human freedom. In this theory your genes are the supreme rulers of who you are. Your genes determine your reality!! As a result all choices you will make have been genetically predetermined and freedom is a delusion. Your emotions, feelings of love, loyalty, etc can be best explained as a neural state. If you do bad things you can blame it on your "genetic code". Our "Actions" occur because of our Brain processes. In the end, Naturalism denies the possibility of ethics and morality.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is viewed as branch of Naturalism. Philosophers have argued that the two disciplines have much in common. Both areas look at and examine the human brain and its neural networks. AI researchers try to imitate brain neural networks in order to achieve greater results in computer development. It is the researchers hope to replicate human cognitive states thus achieving true AI. In either case, "actions" can be explained as an algorithm or a genetic code. Once again, the essence of freedom is being questioned!
"The second advantage claimed for naturalism is that it is equivalent to rationality, because it assumes a model of reality in which all events are in principle accessible to scientific investigation."
Phillip E. Johnson
No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere.
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Without genes, there would be no us, no humans, no thoughts, absolutely nothing. So, of course our genes play a huge role in humans' lives! In relation to Religious Determinism, all things are said to be predetermined. Well, I argue that they are in a sense, same with your genes. Your genes give you your appearance, your voice, your height.. etc., and of course they give you your habits. But thankfully, humans have a thing called a conscience and we're able to use that in a positive way, and we're also allowed to use that to change our lives. We may be susceptible to being an alcoholic, or a drug addict, but in the end we have the conscious decision as to whether we drink and get high, or not. This will have a impact on your life, and possibly make you more inclined to make negative decisions. Maybe this is called fighting what you are, but it could also be fighting the negative temptations of life.
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