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Naturalism vs Conventionalism - What's the difference?

naturalism | conventionalism |

As nouns the difference between naturalism and conventionalism

is that naturalism is a state of nature; conformity to nature while conventionalism is adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.

naturalism

Noun

  • A state of nature; conformity to nature.
  • The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences.
  • (philosophy) Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
  • (philosophy) A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics
  • (arts) A movement in theatre, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as Romanticism or Surrealism, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic, idealistic, or even supernatural treatment.
  • naturism, social nudity.
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    conventionalism

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior
  • (countable, obsolete) A conventional act or constraint
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  • , passage=Having said this, you will not, I trust, suspect me of disliking you for throwing off conventionalisms and speaking to me as a man to a man. }}
  • (uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions
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  • , passage=Skepticism arrives at conventionalism by way of the claims that the conditions on evidential support cannot be satisfied