Conceptual analysis and philosophical naturalism / edited by David Braddon-Mitchell and Robert Nola.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Braddon-Mitchell, David.

Nola, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Analysis (Philosophy).

Naturalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume shows how the so-called 'Canberra Plan' of metaphysical research continues to inspire (and provoke) some of the most interesting work in modern metaphysics.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introducing the Canberra Plan; I Mind, Concepts, and Theories; 2 Naturalistic Analysis and the A Priori; 3 Folk Psychology and Tacit Theories; 4 A Priori Biconditionals and Metaphysics; 5 The Argument from Revelation; 6 Names, Plans, and Descriptions; 7 Jackson's Armchair; 8 Is Semantics in the Plan?; II Metaphysics; 9 Ramseyan Humility; 10 A Partial Defense of Ramseyan Humility; 11 Physicalism without Pop-out; 12 Platitudes and Metaphysics; III Normativity; 13 Naturalizing Normativity; 14 Moral Functionalism, Ethical Quasi-Relativism, and the Canberra Plan

ReferencesContributors; Index

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-361) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786612240447

9780262255202

0262255200

9781282240445

1282240447

OCLC:

310913454