Hidden theology in the new naturalisms

Hidden Theology in the New Naturalisms
seminar from group Science, Reason and Faith.
Alfredo Marcos. Pamplona, May 6, 2024

Alfredo Marcos is Full Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Valladolid. His teaching and research focus on Philosophy of science, history and communication of science, Philosophy of biology, environmental ethics, bioethics and programs of study aristotelian. At UVa she has been director of department of Philosophy and coordinator of doctorate in Logic and Philosophy of Science. He has been a member of several hospital bioethics committees. He has taught and lectured at numerous European and American universities. He has directed seventeen doctoral thesis . He has published some twenty books and nearly two hundred articles and chapters.

summary
The current scientistic naturalism hardly contributes any original ideas of a positive character. Its variants have only one distinctive element in common, namely, the denial of theism. For its part, ecological naturalism, as it becomes more radical, is also tending towards theological positions, either pantheistic or animistic. The present contribution intends not so much to discuss the naturalist positions as to locate them in the research terrain to which they belong. They do not belong to the domain of the sciences and, within the philosophical domain, they contribute very little in ontology, epistemology or ethics. They are ideas that should be debated in the field of natural theology, since they have to do mainly with the question of the reality of God, with the possibility of knowing Him and with the relationship that He may have with the human being and with the world. To such an extent that one could suggest a classification of naturalisms according to their respective theological positions, from atheism to animism, passing through agnosticism and pantheism.