Understanding Naturalism
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Causal Argument
Causal Exclusion Problem
Chalmers's Argument
Deflationary Naturalist
epistemic justification
epistemology
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External Questions
frameworks
Global Supervenience
higgs
Higgs Boson
linguistic
Mere True Belief
metaphysical naturalism
Methodological Naturalist
Mind Body Supervenience
Multiple Realization Arguments
naturalist approaches to knowledge
naturalized
Naturalized Epistemology
Non-reductive Physicalism
observation
Observation Sentences
philosophy of science
Priori Physicalism
Quine's Account
Quine's Naturalized Epistemology
Quine's Story
quines
Ramsey Sentence
reliabilist epistemology
Reliable Causal Connection
scientific realism
semantic theory
sentences
Strong Supervenience
Telescopic Data
True Justified Belief
Undetached Rabbit Part
Weak Supervenience
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- ISBN 9781844650781
- Weight: 520g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Many contemporary Anglo-American philosophers describe themselves as naturalists. But what do they mean by that term? Popular naturalist slogans like, "there is no first philosophy" or "philosophy is continuous with the natural sciences" are far from illuminating. "Understanding Naturalism" provides a clear and readable survey of the main strands in recent naturalist thought. The origin and development of naturalist ideas in epistemology, metaphysics and semantics is explained through the works of Quine, Goldman, Kuhn, Chalmers, Papineau, Millikan and others. The most common objections to the naturalist project - that it involves a change of subject and fails to engage with "real" philosophical problems, that it is self-refuting, and that naturalism cannot deal with normative notions like truth, justification and meaning - are all discussed. "Understanding Naturalism" distinguishes two strands of naturalist thinking - the constructive and the deflationary - and explains how this distinction can invigorate naturalism and the future of philosophical research.
Jack Ritchie is a Postdoctoral Fellow at University College Dublin.
