Naturalism in Question / / ed. by David Macarthur, Mario De Caro.

• MitwirkendeR: Bilgrami, Akeel,; Cavell, Stanley,; Davidson, Donald,; De Caro, Mario,; Dupré, John,; Hornsby, Jennifer,; Kelly, Erin I.,; Macarthur, David,; Mcdowell, John,; Price, Huw,; Putnam, Hilary,; Rovane, Carol,; Stroud, Barry,; White, Stephen L.,
• HerausgeberIn: De Caro, Mario,; Macarthur, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (350 p.)

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.

Table of 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