
:''For alternative meanings, see nature (disambiguation).'' [[Image:universe.jpg|thumb|The deepest visible-light image of the universe, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF team.]] [[Image:HAtomOrbitals.png|thumb|The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density]] [[Image:Aphthona flava flea beetle.jpg|thumb|''Aphthona flava'' flea beetle.]] [[Image:The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg|thumb|View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.]] Nature (also called the material world, the material universe, the natural world, and the natural universe) is all matter and energy, especially in its essential form. Nature is the subject of scientific study. In Orders_of_magnitude_(length), "nature" includes everything from the universe to the subatomic particle. This includes all things animal, plant, and mineral; all natural resources and events (hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes). It also includes the behaviour of living animals, and processes associated with inanimate objects. ==Nature outside Earth and its atmosphere== Events and phenomena outside Earth and its earth's atmosphere are in the natural science of astronomy. ==Life== Life, the characteristics and behaviors of organisms, how species and individuals come into existence, and the interactions they have with each other and with their environment are all in the natural science of biology. ==Chemicals== The structure, properties, composition, and chemical reaction of chemical elements and chemical compound are part of the natural science of chemistry. ==Matter and force== The behaviour and interactions of matter and Force (physics) are a part of the natural science of physics. ==Earth== Everything relating to the planet Earth (planet) is a part of earth science. ==The supernatural== ''Main article: Supernatural'' Most people believe in the existence of a non-material world in a sense beyond that of just mental experience. They rather believe in supernatural beings and in a supernatural reality absolutely different in kind to that of the natural world. If such a reality exists, many scientists and others assert that it is beyond the reach of science. Science has been very successful in bringing apparently inexplicable and supposedly supernatural phenomena within its scope. Nevertheless, many scientists believe in supernatural. == Metaphysics == In philosophy, the view that the material world of atoms, animals, gravity, stars, wind, microbes, etc., actually exist independently of our observations of them is termed realism; the opposing view is called idealism. == The natural and the artificial == A distinction is often drawn between the "natural" and the "artificial" (="man-made"). Can such a distinction be justified? One approach is to exclude mind from the realm of the natural; another is to exclude not only mind, but also humans and their influence. In either case, the boundary between the natural and the artificial is a difficult one to draw (see mind-body problem). Some people believe that the problem is best avoided by saying that everything is natural, but that does little to clarify the concept of the "artificial". In any event, ambiguity about the distinction between the natural and the artificial animate much of art, literature and philosophy. Another approach is to distinguish ''natural processes'' and ''artificial (man-made) processes''. In this viewpoint, a process is deemed to occur either at the behest of man, or not. For example, flipping a light switch might illuminate a room, or perhaps a sunrise might illuminate that room. In this viewpoint, the sunrise would be termed a ''natural process''; the decision of a human being to flip the light switch would be termed an artificial illumination, in contrast. In this viewpoint, ''artifice'' (art or literature) is clearly the result of willful human action; furthermore, the act of stating a philosophical position could also a willful action (and hence at the behest of man), whether or not the content of the philosophy were to be about science. == Related concepts == The term natural science is used in a variety of ways, primarily: * to denote the study of ''natural processes'' as opposed to ''human activities'', in contrast to the social sciences; and * to denote those sciences which employ the scientific method, in contrast, for example, to mathematics or computer science. The term natural philosophy formerly named the scientific discipline now known as physics. Natural theology straddles the disciplines of theology and philosophy of religion. In education and related areas, the contrast "natural/artificial" can appear as "nature versus nurture ". See also: praeternatural, unnatural and supernatural. ==Etymology== The word nature comes from the Latin word, ''natura'', meaning birth or character (see nature (innate)). In English, its first recorded use in the sense of the entireity of the phenomenon of the world was in 1662, however Natura was widely popular in the Middle Ages and can be traced to Ancient Greece in origin. The pre-Socratic philosophers of Greece invented Nature, they abstracted the entirety of phenomenon of the world into a single name and spoken of as a single object. Later Greek thinkers such as Aristotle were not as entirely inclusive, excluding the stars and moon, the "Supernatural", from Nature. Thus from this object, existing inside a larger framework and not inclusive of everything, Nature could become personified, and it is from this we have the origins of a mythological goddess Nature. Later Medieval writers also did not see Nature as inclusive of everything, but that she was created by God, her place lay on earth, below the heavens and moon. Nature lay somewhere in the middle, with agents above her (angels) and below her (daemons and hell). For the Medieval mind she was only a personification, not a goddess. The modern concept of Nature, all inclusive of all phenomenon, has returned to its original pre-Socratic roots no longer a personification or deity except in a rhetorical sense, a bow to her illustrious traditions. ==Notes== *C.S. Lewis, ''The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature'', pp.34-39, ISBN 0521477352 ==See also== * Biophilia * Naturefriends * Natural units (Planck units) * Materialism * Naturalism (Philosophy): the philosophical stance based on Materialism and Pragmatism that rejects the validity of explanations making use of entities inaccessible to natural science (compare with supernatural). ==External links == *[http://randi.org/ James Randi Educational Foundation] The JREF organization investigates claims that seem to contradict established science and attempts to verify them in controlled experimental conditions. There has been no success yet finding any evidence in these controlled conditions specified by the Foundation of anything not explainable by established science. *[http://nature.org/ The Nature Conservancy] Charitable organization devoted to preserving natural diversity worldwide *[http://www.english-nature.org.uk/ English Nature] UK government organization devoted to preserving natural diversity in the UK *[http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk Nature Detectives] An online research and education project for under 18s in the UK *[http://www.takesomeaction.co.uk A Guide to Nature and Wildlife Conservation] Nature bn:প্রকৃতি minnan:Chū-jiân os:Æрдз simple:Nature
Article used to say: :The Adriatic Sea is a part of Mediteranean Sea placed between Croatia and Italy. Its croatian part is beautiful and, as the latest examinations say, the most cleanest of all the parts of Mediteranean Sea. Removed text: :''"Nature" is a tactful term to use when discussing non-human creation (for example, Christians would say "God", which could annoy atheism.)'' How in the world is this on-topic? Wikipedia is not a usage guide and this statement is idiosyncratic and presents an un-needed red herring into the article. --user:maveric149 A section on the history of the concept "nature" would be fine, but none at all is preferable to the silly one given. I have therefore removed it. The Greeks used the word "physis" to refer to a thing's essential nature. Aristotle referred to the "physiologoi" or "nature philosophers", the first of whom he said was reputed to have been Thales. These nature philosphers eschewed the appeal to gods as explanations for "natural" phenomena. Instead they offered possible natural explanations for things such as thunder, eclipses etc. User:Leighxucl 19:12, Jan 13, 2004 (UTC) Dear Leighxucl: I look forward to your "History" section. Meanwhile, I am about to revert your small change about some people thinking it is artificial to distinguish between the natural and the artificial, mainly because the circularity of definition, though perhaps cute, really only obscures things. Also, the text that you omitted was important for continuity. User:Peak 02:15, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC) The circularity to which you refer, struck me later. As you can see I feel that it is important to stress in this section the egregious problems which arise from the narrower interpretation of nature (human/mind exclusive). User:Leighxucl : Your revised version is fine by me. Thanks. Perhaps you will one day become more tolerant of ambiguities in natural language. (Have you read Max Black's ''Margins of Precision''?). User:Peak 05:49, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC) The ambiguities may perhaps be easier to tolerate for someone who is reasonably happy (or even strongly of the opinion) that humans are a special case standing outside nature; than they are for someone like myself, who strongly feels the opposite. I shall look out for the book that you mentioned.User:Leighxucl 00:57, Jan 17, 2004 (UTC) I feel this article has a long way to go. You cannot start an article on nature with distinctions between realism and idealism, and not give an alternative definition for idealists. If the person who put in this rider on the definitions isn't prepared to explain it more, in my humble opinion the comment should go --user talk:BozMoUser:BozMo 10:05, 21 May 2004 (UTC) I replaced the annoying collage. User:Bensaccount 17:43, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC) == fwoosh == Man, the pictures introducing this article, and the descriptions of the divisions of the study of nature are quite simple, profound, and very cool. ---- myths and the Nature vs God vs Man link should go here. Edited by User:Dwarf Kirlston Feb 16 21:10 Brazilia Time Zone
[[Image:The Blue Marble.jpg|thumb|right|View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew.]] Nature (also called the material world, the material universe, the natural world, and the natural universe) is all matter and energy, especially in its essential form. In orders of magnitude (length), 'nature' includes everything from the universe to the subatomic particle. This includes all things animal, plant, and mineral; all natural resources and events (hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes). It also includes the behaviour of living animals, and the processes associated with inanimate objects. Fundamental
These category pages have popped everywhere but I cannot see where we can discuss if they are a good idea. Is there a talk category somewhere?--User:BozMouser talk:BozMo 13:24, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC) :See Wikipedia talk:Categorization. User:Angelauser talk:Angela ==Including articles on the category page== I've included the Nature article using
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:''For alternative meanings, see nature (disambiguation).'' [[Image:universe.jpg|thumb|The deepest visible-light image of the universe, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF team.]] [[Image:HAtomOrbitals.png|thumb|The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density]] [[Image:Aphthona flava flea beetle.jpg|thumb|''Aphthona flava'' flea beetle.]] [[Image:The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg|thumb|View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.]] Nature (also called the material world, the material universe, the natural world, and the natural universe) is all matter and energy, especially in its essential form. Nature is the subject of scientific study. In Orders_of_magnitude_(length), "nature" includes everything from the universe to the subatomic particle. This includes all things animal, plant, and mineral; all natural resources and events (hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes). It also includes the behaviour of living animals, and processes associated with inanimate objects. ==Nature outside Earth and its atmosphere== Events and phenomena outside Earth and its earth's atmosphere are in the natural science of astronomy. ==Life== Life, the characteristics and behaviors of organisms, how species and individuals come into existence, and the interactions they have with each other and with their environment are all in the natural science of biology. ==Chemicals== The structure, properties, composition, and chemical reaction of chemical elements and chemical compound are part of the natural science of chemistry. ==Matter and force== The behaviour and interactions of matter and Force (physics) are a part of the natural science of physics. ==Earth== Everything relating to the planet Earth (planet) is a part of earth science. ==The supernatural== ''Main article: Supernatural'' Most people believe in the existence of a non-material world in a sense beyond that of just mental experience. They rather believe in supernatural beings and in a supernatural reality absolutely different in kind to that of the natural world. If such a reality exists, many scientists and others assert that it is beyond the reach of science. Science has been very successful in bringing apparently inexplicable and supposedly supernatural phenomena within its scope. Nevertheless, many scientists believe in supernatural. == Metaphysics == In philosophy, the view that the material world of atoms, animals, gravity, stars, wind, microbes, etc., actually exist independently of our observations of them is termed realism; the opposing view is called idealism. == The natural and the artificial == A distinction is often drawn between the "natural" and the "artificial" (="man-made"). Can such a distinction be justified? One approach is to exclude mind from the realm of the natural; another is to exclude not only mind, but also humans and their influence. In either case, the boundary between the natural and the artificial is a difficult one to draw (see mind-body problem). Some people believe that the problem is best avoided by saying that everything is natural, but that does little to clarify the concept of the "artificial". In any event, ambiguity about the distinction between the natural and the artificial animate much of art, literature and philosophy. Another approach is to distinguish ''natural processes'' and ''artificial (man-made) processes''. In this viewpoint, a process is deemed to occur either at the behest of man, or not. For example, flipping a light switch might illuminate a room, or perhaps a sunrise might illuminate that room. In this viewpoint, the sunrise would be termed a ''natural process''; the decision of a human being to flip the light switch would be termed an artificial illumination, in contrast. In this viewpoint, ''artifice'' (art or literature) is clearly the result of willful human action; furthermore, the act of stating a philosophical position could also a willful action (and hence at the behest of man), whether or not the content of the philosophy were to be about science. == Related concepts == The term natural science is used in a variety of ways, primarily: * to denote the study of ''natural processes'' as opposed to ''human activities'', in contrast to the social sciences; and * to denote those sciences which employ the scientific method, in contrast, for example, to mathematics or computer science. The term natural philosophy formerly named the scientific discipline now known as physics. Natural theology straddles the disciplines of theology and philosophy of religion. In education and related areas, the contrast "natural/artificial" can appear as "nature versus nurture ". See also: praeternatural, unnatural and supernatural. ==Etymology== The word nature comes from the Latin word, ''natura'', meaning birth or character (see nature (innate)). In English, its first recorded use in the sense of the entireity of the phenomenon of the world was in 1662, however Natura was widely popular in the Middle Ages and can be traced to Ancient Greece in origin. The pre-Socratic philosophers of Greece invented Nature, they abstracted the entirety of phenomenon of the world into a single name and spoken of as a single object. Later Greek thinkers such as Aristotle were not as entirely inclusive, excluding the stars and moon, the "Supernatural", from Nature. Thus from this object, existing inside a larger framework and not inclusive of everything, Nature could become personified, and it is from this we have the origins of a mythological goddess Nature. Later Medieval writers also did not see Nature as inclusive of everything, but that she was created by God, her place lay on earth, below the heavens and moon. Nature lay somewhere in the middle, with agents above her (angels) and below her (daemons and hell). For the Medieval mind she was only a personification, not a goddess. The modern concept of Nature, all inclusive of all phenomenon, has returned to its original pre-Socratic roots no longer a personification or deity except in a rhetorical sense, a bow to her illustrious traditions. ==Notes== *C.S. Lewis, ''The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature'', pp.34-39, ISBN 0521477352 ==See also== * Biophilia * Naturefriends * Natural units (Planck units) * Materialism * Naturalism (Philosophy): the philosophical stance based on Materialism and Pragmatism that rejects the validity of explanations making use of entities inaccessible to natural science (compare with supernatural). ==External links == *[http://randi.org/ James Randi Educational Foundation] The JREF organization investigates claims that seem to contradict established science and attempts to verify them in controlled experimental conditions. There has been no success yet finding any evidence in these controlled conditions specified by the Foundation of anything not explainable by established science. *[http://nature.org/ The Nature Conservancy] Charitable organization devoted to preserving natural diversity worldwide *[http://www.english-nature.org.uk/ English Nature] UK government organization devoted to preserving natural diversity in the UK *[http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk Nature Detectives] An online research and education project for under 18s in the UK *[http://www.takesomeaction.co.uk A Guide to Nature and Wildlife Conservation] Nature bn:প্রকৃতি minnan:Chū-jiân os:Æрдз simple:Nature
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Article used to say: :The Adriatic Sea is a part of Mediteranean Sea placed between Croatia and Italy. Its croatian part is beautiful and, as the latest examinations say, the most cleanest of all the parts of Mediteranean Sea. Removed text: :''"Nature" is a tactful term to use when discussing non-human creation (for example, Christians would say "God", which could annoy atheism.)'' How in the world is this on-topic? Wikipedia is not a usage guide and this statement is idiosyncratic and presents an un-needed red herring into the article. --user:maveric149 A section on the history of the concept "nature" would be fine, but none at all is preferable to the silly one given. I have therefore removed it. The Greeks used the word "physis" to refer to a thing's essential nature. Aristotle referred to the "physiologoi" or "nature philosophers", the first of whom he said was reputed to have been Thales. These nature philosphers eschewed the appeal to gods as explanations for "natural" phenomena. Instead they offered possible natural explanations for things such as thunder, eclipses etc. User:Leighxucl 19:12, Jan 13, 2004 (UTC) Dear Leighxucl: I look forward to your "History" section. Meanwhile, I am about to revert your small change about some people thinking it is artificial to distinguish between the natural and the artificial, mainly because the circularity of definition, though perhaps cute, really only obscures things. Also, the text that you omitted was important for continuity. User:Peak 02:15, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC) The circularity to which you refer, struck me later. As you can see I feel that it is important to stress in this section the egregious problems which arise from the narrower interpretation of nature (human/mind exclusive). User:Leighxucl : Your revised version is fine by me. Thanks. Perhaps you will one day become more tolerant of ambiguities in natural language. (Have you read Max Black's ''Margins of Precision''?). User:Peak 05:49, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC) The ambiguities may perhaps be easier to tolerate for someone who is reasonably happy (or even strongly of the opinion) that humans are a special case standing outside nature; than they are for someone like myself, who strongly feels the opposite. I shall look out for the book that you mentioned.User:Leighxucl 00:57, Jan 17, 2004 (UTC) I feel this article has a long way to go. You cannot start an article on nature with distinctions between realism and idealism, and not give an alternative definition for idealists. If the person who put in this rider on the definitions isn't prepared to explain it more, in my humble opinion the comment should go --user talk:BozMoUser:BozMo 10:05, 21 May 2004 (UTC) I replaced the annoying collage. User:Bensaccount 17:43, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC) == fwoosh == Man, the pictures introducing this article, and the descriptions of the divisions of the study of nature are quite simple, profound, and very cool. ---- myths and the Nature vs God vs Man link should go here. Edited by User:Dwarf Kirlston Feb 16 21:10 Brazilia Time Zone
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[[Image:The Blue Marble.jpg|thumb|right|View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew.]] Nature (also called the material world, the material universe, the natural world, and the natural universe) is all matter and energy, especially in its essential form. In orders of magnitude (length), 'nature' includes everything from the universe to the subatomic particle. This includes all things animal, plant, and mineral; all natural resources and events (hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes). It also includes the behaviour of living animals, and the processes associated with inanimate objects. Fundamental
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These category pages have popped everywhere but I cannot see where we can discuss if they are a good idea. Is there a talk category somewhere?--User:BozMouser talk:BozMo 13:24, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC) :See Wikipedia talk:Categorization. User:Angelauser talk:Angela ==Including articles on the category page== I've included the Nature article using
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