Naturalism in question / edited by Mario De Caro, David Macarthur.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Caro, Mario, editor.

Macarthur, David, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naturalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2004]

Summary:

Today the majority of philosophers in the English-speaking world adhere to the "naturalist" credos that philosophy is continuous with science, and that the natural sciences provide a complete account of all that exists--whether human or nonhuman. The new faith says science, not man, is the measure of all things. However, there is a growing skepticism about the adequacy of this complacent orthodoxy. This volume presents a group of leading thinkers who criticize scientific naturalism not in the name of some form of supernaturalism, but in order to defend a more inclusive or liberal naturalism. The many prominent Anglo-American philosophers appearing in this book--Akeel Bilgrami, Stanley Cavell, Donald Davidson, John Dupré, Jennifer Hornsby, Erin Kelly, John McDowell, Huw Price, Hilary Putnam, Carol Rovane, Barry Stroud, and Stephen White--do not march in lockstep, yet their contributions demonstrate mutual affinities and various unifying themes. Instead of attempting to force human nature into a restricted scientific image of the world, these papers represent an attempt to place human nature at the center of renewed--but still scientifically respectful--conceptions of philosophy and nature.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction: The Nature of Naturalism

1 The Charm of Naturalism

2 The Miracle of Monism

3 The Content and Appeal of “Naturalism”

4 Naturalism Without Representationalism

II MIND

5 Naturalism in the Philosophy of Mind

6 Naturalism and Skepticism

7 Intentionality and Norms

8 Could There Be a Science of Rationality?

III AGENCY

9 Agency and Alienation

10 Is Freedom Really a Mystery?

11 Subjectivity and the Agential Perspective

IV ETHICAL AND AESTHETIC NORMATIVITY

12 A Nonnaturalist Account of Personal Identity

13 Against Naturalism in Ethics

14 Postscript (2002) to “The Investigations’ Everyday Aesthetics of Itself”

Notes

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780674271975

0674271971

OCLC:

1285170428