Relying on inference to the best explanation (IBE) requires one to hold the intuition that the world is ‘intelligible’, that is, such that states of affairs at least generally have explanations for their obtaining. I argue that metaphysical naturalists are rationally required to withhold this intuition, unless they cease to be naturalists. This is because all plausible naturalistic aetiologies of the intuition entail that the intuition and the state of affairs which it represents are not causally connected in an epistemically appropriate way. Given that one ought to rely on IBE, naturalists are forced to pick the latter and change their world-view. Traditional theists, in contrast, do not face this predicament. This, I argue, is strong grounds for preferring traditional theism to naturalism.

依靠最佳解释的推理（IBE）要求人们持有这样一种直觉：世界是“可理解的”，也就是说，事态至少通常有其获得的解释。我认为形而上学的自然主义者在理性上被要求保留这种直觉，除非他们不再是自然主义者。这是因为直觉的所有似是而非的自然主义病因都意味着直觉和它所代表的事态没有以认知上适当的方式因果联系。鉴于应该依赖 IBE，博物学家被迫选择后者并改变他们的世界观。相比之下，传统的有神论者则不会面临这种困境。我认为，这是偏爱传统有神论而不是自然主义的有力理由。