Page "Naturalism (philosophy)" Paragraph 18

:" Expert testimony reveals that since the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries, science has been limited to the search for natural causes to explain natural phenomena ....

While supernatural explanations may be important and have merit, they are not part of science.

" Methodological naturalism is thus " a self-imposed convention of science.

" It is a " ground rule " that " requires scientists to seek explanations in the world around us based upon what we can observe, test, replicate, and verify.