Re: MN/MN

Gene Dunbar Godbold (gdg4n@avery.med.virginia.edu)
Wed, 5 Mar 1997 13:58:03 -0500 (EST)

According to Michael K. Thompson:
>
> It seems to me that the line between Methodological Naturalism and
> Metaphysical Naturalism is a fine one in science at the theoretical
> level. Does anyone have insight as to where this line is drawn?
>
> Michael

How about you investigate any particular problem as if God is creating the
situation of this problem through natural agencies. If you can't solve
it as hard as you try, don't worry about whether your assumption was
correct or not.

I don't know of any other approach.
Gene
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