Jack Ritchie

Understanding Naturalism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents a survey of the main strands in naturalist thought. This book explains the origin and development of naturalist ideas in epistemology, metaphysics and semantics through the works of Quine, Goldman, Kuhn, Chalmers, Papineau, Millikan and others. It distinguishes two strands of naturalist thinking, the constructive and the deflationary.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 137mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781844650781
• ISBN-10: 1844650782
• Artikelnr.: 23458020

Autorenporträt

Jack Ritchie

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: What do we mean by Natural? 2. First Philosophy 3. Quine
and Epistemology Naturalised 4. Reliabilism 5. The Science of Science:
Naturalised Philosophy of Science 6. Materialism and Physicalism 7.
Naturalism without Physicalism? 8. Naturalism, Meaning and Truth 9.
Conclusion: New Directions for Naturalism Questions for Discussion and
Revision Further Reading