Naturalizm nauk przyrodniczych – mit czy utopia?
Naturalism in natural sciences – myth or utopia?

Summary/Abstract: The problem of the relations between natural sciences and religious faith is an important issue in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of religion, and the philosophy of nature. Naturalism of natural sciences is a term used in discussions of problems that appear in this context. At least two types of naturalism are usually considered: ontological and methodological. In the article the author is trying to answer the following questions: Are natural sciences naturalistic? Is naturalism (methodological or ontological) an assumption of the sciences? Is this assumption essential for fruitful natural scientific practice? Ontological naturalism is a metaphysical assumption, having neither influence on the method of natural sciences, nor resulting from them. Methodological naturalism is not an assumption in natural sciences; it is rather a consequence of the naturalists’ aspiration to the maximal objectivization and intersubjective verifiability of their findings.

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