A philosophical position or movement that rejects the existence or significance of supernatural phenomena and explains all events through natural causes.
From antisupernatural + -ism (a system of belief or practice). Supernaturalism itself emerged as a philosophy in medieval times; antisupernaturalism gained strength during the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution.
Antisupernaturalism powered the Scientific Revolution, but it created an ironic blind spot: neuroscience now shows that consciousness itself—the most immediate experience we have—remains fundamentally mysterious in ways that still baffle materialism.
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