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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metaphysical_naturalism&oldid=310802182"><B>Metaphysical naturalism</B>, or <B>ontological naturalism</B>, characterizes any <A class="mw-redirect" title="Worldview" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldview" linkindex="6">worldview</A> in which reality is such that there is nothing but the natural things, forces, and causes of the kind that the <A class="mw-redirect" title="Natural sciences" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sciences" linkindex="7">natural sciences</A> study, i.e. the things, forces and causes which are required in order to understand our physical environment and which have mechanical properties amenable to <A class="mw-redirect" title="Mathematical modeling" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_modeling" linkindex="8">mathematical modeling</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; 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