Angus J. L. Menuge

Agents Under Fire

Materialism and the Rationality of Science

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Produktbeschreibung

In Agents Under Fire, Menuge defends a robust notion of agency and intentionaility against eliminative and naturalistic alternatives, showing the interconnections between the philosophy of mind, theology, and Intelligent Design.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 591g
• ISBN-13: 9780742534049
• ISBN-10: 0742534049
• Artikelnr.: 22006483

Autorenporträt

Michael Ruse is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University.As a prominent philosopher of science, he is well known for his work on the relationship between science and religion, the creation-evolution controversy and the demarcation problem within science. He has published over 25 books: most recently, Reflections on the Origin of Species, with David Reznick (Princeton UP, 2008); Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science (Cambridge UP, 2010); and Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford UP, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Skyhooks and Cranes: The
Challenge of Reductionism Chapter 4 Strong Agent Reductionism: Materialism
and the Rationality of Science Chapter 5 Weak Agent Reductionism: Science
and the Rationality of Materialism Chapter 6 Bait and Switch: Indirectness
and Biological Unity Chapter 7 The Alchemy of the Mind: Indirectness and
Psychological Unity Chapter 8 Beyond Skinnerian Creatures: A Defense of the
Lewis-Plantinga Argument Against Evolutionary Naturalism Chapter 9
Intentionality, Information and Displacement: The Legitimacy of Design
Chapter 10 Science and Christianity: Dogmatism and Dialogue Chapter 11
Index Chapter 12 About the Author