It is widely supposed that methodological naturalism, understood as a thesis about the methodology of science, is metaphysically neutral, and that this in turn guarantees the value-neutrality of science. In this paper we argue that methodological naturalism is underpinned by certain ontological and epistemological assumptions including evidentialism and the causal closure of the physical, adoption of which necessitates commitment to metaphysical naturalism.

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方法论自然主义者应该致力于形而上学的自然主义吗？

人们普遍认为，被理解为关于科学方法论的论文的方法论自然主义在形而上学上是中立的，这反过来又保证了科学的价值中立性。在本文中，我们认为方法论自然主义是由某些本体论和认识论假设支撑的，包括证据主义和物理的因果闭合，采用这些假设需要对形而上学自然主义的承诺。