supernatural explanation

collocation in English

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supernatural
adjective
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/ˌsuː.pəˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us
/ˌsuː.pɚˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
caused by forces that cannot be explained ...
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explanation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy ...
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(Definition ofsupernaturalandexplanationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such a runic script, appearing as a product without a discernible cause, would seem to call for asupernaturalexplanation.
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It appears, rather, to be merely asupernaturalexplanationfor wealth, as is the case with the other examples of such fears mentioned as being associated with shopkeepers.
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But people don't want to accept thesupernaturalexplanation.
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Sometimes, he relies on an ad hominem argument : supernatural explanations violate the theist's own epistemic commitments (217, 225).
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Its main point is that a difference between natural and supernatural explanations should be made, and that science should be restricted methodologically to natural explanations.
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While supernatural explanations may be important and have merit, they are not part of science.
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Wheaton is reluctant to accept the community's supernatural explanations for the events, but finds that the events challenge her sense of rationality.
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Real accidents which happened at ringforts could be given supernatural explanations.
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Instead, supernatural explanations should be left a matter of personal belief outside the scope of science.
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He is uncertain about the discovery because it contains supernatural explanations and contradicts scientific ones.
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That the restriction is merely methodological (rather than ontological) means that science should not consider supernatural explanations itself, but should not claim them to be wrong either.
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Though physical and biological scientists today avoid supernatural explanations to describe reality, many scientists continue to consider science and spirituality to be complementary, not contradictory, and are willing to debate.
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As a practical consideration, the rejection of supernatural explanations would merely be pragmatic, thus it would nonetheless be possible, for an ontological supernaturalist to espouse and practice methodological naturalism.
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The storylines of supernatural dramas have always been centered around magic or unexplained phenomena that can not be rationalized by science but, rather by pagan or supernatural explanations.
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