Naturalism in Question

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-674-03041-1
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Caro, Mario de

De Caro, Mario

Macarthur, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Über Autor(innen)

De Caro, Mario
Mario De Caro is Hilary Putnam’s literary executor and Professor of Moral Philosophy at Roma Tre University. He is Associate Editor of the <i>Journal of the American Philosophical Association</i>, a regular visiting professor at Tufts University, and author of five volumes in Italian.

Macarthur, David
David Macarthur is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. With Mario De Caro, he edited <i>Naturalism in Question</i>, <i>Naturalism and Normativity</i>, and Hilary Putnam’s <i>Philosophy in an Age of Science</i>. He also edited Hilary and Ruth Anna Putnam’s <i>Pragmatism as a Way of Life</i>.