Naturalism in Question - Couverture souple

De, Mario

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674030419 ISBN 13 : 9780674030411

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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.

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À propos des auteurs

Mario De Caro is Hilary Putnam's literary executor and Professor of Moral Philosophy at Roma Tre University. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Philosophical Association, a regular visiting professor at Tufts University, and author of five volumes in Italian.

David Macarthur is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. With Mario De Caro, he edited Naturalism in Question, Naturalism and Normativity, and Hilary Putnam's Philosophy in an Age of Science. He also edited Hilary and Ruth Anna Putnam's Pragmatism as a Way of Life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674030419
• ISBN 13: 9780674030411
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 350
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