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Second philosophy : a naturalistic method / Penelope Maddy.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Maddy, Penelope, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Naturalism.
Mathematics--Philosophy.
Mathematics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 448 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Naturalistic method
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Many philosophers these days consider themselves naturalists but it's doubtful any two of them intend the same position by the term. Here, Penelope Maddy proposes a particularly austere form of naturalism called 'Second Philosophy'.
Contents:
What is second philosophy?
Descartes's first philosophy
Neo-Cartesian skepticism
Hume's naturalism
Kant's transcendentalism
Carnap's rational reconstruction
Quine's naturalism
Putnam's anti-naturalism
The second philosopher at work
What's left to do?
An illustration : truth and reference
Reconfiguring the debate
Disquotation
Minimalism
Correlation
A second philosophy of logic
Naturalistic options
Kant on logic
Undoing the Copernican revolution
The logical structure of the world
The logical structure of cognition
The status of rudimentary logic
From rudimentary to classical logic
Caveats
Second philosophy and mathematics
Second philosophy of science
Mathematics in application
Second methodology of mathematics
Second philosophy of mathematics
Second metaphysics.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [412]-437) and index.
Description based upon print version of record.
ISBN:
0-19-956624-0
1-281-16455-0
9786611164553
0-19-153431-5
1-4356-0714-7
OCLC:
252693483

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