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Understanding Naturalism.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317493587
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding NaturalismDDC classification:
  • 146
LOC classification:
  • B828.2 .R58 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 First philosophy -- 2 Quine and naturalized epistemology -- 3 Reliabilism -- 4 Naturalized philosophy of science -- 5 Naturalizing metaphysics -- 6 Naturalism without physicalism? -- 7 Meaning and truth -- Conclusion -- Questions for discussion and revision -- Guide to further reading -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: 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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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 First philosophy -- 2 Quine and naturalized epistemology -- 3 Reliabilism -- 4 Naturalized philosophy of science -- 5 Naturalizing metaphysics -- 6 Naturalism without physicalism? -- 7 Meaning and truth -- Conclusion -- Questions for discussion and revision -- Guide to further reading -- Bibliography -- Index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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