Naturalism
Naturalism holds that everything arises from natural properties and causes; supernatural explanations are excluded as a matter of method. Post-quantum naturalism accepts irreducible indeterminism as a natural fact: not all events are fully determined by prior states, and this openness is built into the fabric of physical reality rather than requiring any non-natural cause.
I. Time
| Extent | Infinite |
| Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Grain | Continuous |
| Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Traversability | Linear |
| Dimensionality | One |
| Direction | Uni-directional |
Time is substantival and infinite — a real, objective feature of the natural world. Post-quantum naturalism accepts that time's flow may involve irreducible indeterminism at the quantum level. Time is continuous, linear, and uni-directional, governed by natural laws alone without any supernatural cause or telos.
II. Space
| Extent | Infinite |
| Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Curvature | Curved |
| Dimensionality | Three |
| Locality | Local |
Space is substantival, infinite, and curved — an objective feature of the natural world described by general relativity. It is local: all interactions are mediated through spatial proximity at finite speed. Space is three-dimensional at the macroscopic scale, though deeper theories may reveal additional structure.
III. Matter
| Extent | Finite |
| Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Conservation | Conserved |
| Dimensionality | Three |
| Locality | Local |
Matter is substantival and finite — it is the fundamental constituent of the natural world, fully governed by natural laws. Conservation is strict: matter is neither created nor destroyed. All material phenomena, including consciousness, are natural processes requiring no supernatural explanation.
IV. Observer
| Time Instance | Single |
| Space Instance | Single |
| Extent of Knowledge | Immediate |
| Retainment of Knowledge | Total |
| Physicality | Embodied |
| Agency | Passive |
| Number | Plural |
V. Energy
Energy is substantival and finite — a real, natural quantity governed by the laws of thermodynamics. Conservation is strict: no supernatural creation or destruction of energy is possible. Dispersibility is irreversible, following the natural direction of entropy increase.
VI. Information
Information is a high-level pattern in physical processes — real and causally relevant but not a separate substance. It emerges from the arrangement of matter and energy and is conserved because the laws of physics preserve information content.