World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism - Couverture rigide

Rea, Michael C.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199247609 ISBN 13 : 9780199247608

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Philosophical naturalism, according to which philosophy is continuous with the natural sciences, has dominated the Western academy for well over a century; but Michael Rea claims that it is without rational foundation, and that the costs of embracing it are surprisingly high.
The first part of World Without Design aims to provide a fair and historically informed characterization of naturalism. Rea then argues compellingly to the surprising conclusion that naturalists are committed to rejecting realism about material objects, materialism, and perhaps realism about other minds. This conclusion is striking, largely because naturalism is often simply identified with materialism, and the remaining two theses are ones that naturalists very typically want to endorse. Rea goes on to examine two alternative research programs: intuitionism and supernaturalism, and argues for the conclusion that intuitionism, under certain circumstances, is self-defeating.
World Without Design offers a provocative challenge to philosophical orthodoxy. It will make uncomfortable reading for many philosophers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Michael C. Rea is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199247609
• ISBN 13: 9780199247608
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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