Naturalism

Naturalism may refer to:

Arts

• Realism
• Naturalism (literature), a literary movement beginning in the late 19th century
• Naturalism (theatre), a movement in European drama and theatre
• Poetic naturalism, an approach of Sean M. Carroll

Philosophy

• Naturalism (philosophy), the idea that only natural laws and forces operate in the universe
• Humanistic naturalism, a branch of philosophical naturalism
• Liberal naturalism, a heterodox form of philosophical naturalism
• Metaphysical naturalism, a philosophical basis for science
• Religious naturalism – combines a naturalist worldview with ideals associated with many religions
• Spiritual naturalism – combines a naturalist approach with spiritual ways of looking at the world
• Transcendental naturalism – combines a naturalist approach with the idea that human cognition is fundamentally incapable of solving certain philosophical problems
• Ethical naturalism, or moral naturalism
• Dialectical naturalism, a term coined by Murray Bookchin
• Political naturalism, a belief that there is a natural law
• School of Naturalists, a Chinese Warring States-era philosophy also known as the School of Yin-Yang

Sciences

• Sociological naturalism, the view that the natural world and the social world are roughly identical
• Critical naturalism, an idea of Roy Bhaskar
• Natural history, a domain of inquiry involving organisms
• Naturalist, a person who studies natural history
• Naturalistic observation, a research methodology

Horses

• Naturalism (horse) (1988–2018), a racehorse

See also

• Naturalness (disambiguation)
• Naturism (disambiguation)
• Naturalistic fallacy, the mistake of inferring "ought" from "is"