Mathematics and Metaphysical Naturalism

In Kelly James Clark, The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 277-288 (2015)
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If metaphysical naturalism is the thesis that everything is part of nature, then naturalism is refuted by mathematics. But naturalism is better conceived as the thesis that every fundamental thing is part of nature, and on this conception mathematics and metaphysical naturalism may be consistent.

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