BASIC METAPHILOSPHICAL ASSUMPTIONS x According to methodological naturalism, philosophers are just doing speculative conjectures about what the world(consciousness included S without/ largely appealing to empirical methods. Hence, philosophers and scientists are sharing the same explananda with scientistsBASIC METAPHILOSPHICAL ASSUMPTIONS According to methodological naturalism, philosophers are just doing speculative conjectures about what the world (consciousness included) is without largely appealing to empirical methods. Hence, philosophers and scientists are sharing the same explananda with scientists