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How Successful is Naturalism?

  • Edited by: Georg Gasser
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2008
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Naturalism is the reigning creed in analytic philosophy. Naturalists claim that natural science provides a complete account of all forms of existence. According to the naturalistic credo there are no aspects of human existence which transcend methods and explanations of science. Our concepts of the self, the mind, subjectivity, human freedom or responsibility is to be defined in terms of established sciences. The aim of the present volume is to draw the balance of naturalism’s success so far. Unlike other volumes it does not contain a collection of papers which unanimously reject naturalism. Naturalists and anti-naturalists alike unfold their positions discussing the success or failure of naturalistic approaches. "How successful is naturalism? shows where the lines of agreement and disagreement between naturalists and their critics are to be located in contemporary philosophical discussion.

With contributions of Rudder Lynne Baker, Johannes Brandl, Helmut Fink, Ulrich Frey, Georg Gasser & Matthias Stefan, Peter S.M. Hacker, Winfried Löffler, Nancey Murphy, Josef Quitterer, Michael Rea, Thomas Sukopp, Konrad Talmont-Kaminski and Gerd Vollmer.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    LIST OF AUTHORS

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    Acknowledgments

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    Introduction

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  • Part I: Naturalism and Worldviews
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    Can Everything Be Rationally Explained Everywhere in the World? Theses and Declarations for Naturalism

    25
    Gerhard Vollmer
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    Naturalism and Theism as Competing Traditions

    49
    Nancey Murphy
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    How Successful Is Naturalism? Talking about Achievements beyond Theism and Scientism

    77
    Thomas Sukopp
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  • Part II: Epistemology and Ontology
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    How Successful Is Naturalism?

    105
    Michael C. Rea
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    Naturalized Philosophy of Science: A Cognitive Approach

    117
    Ulrich Frey
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    Passing by the Naturalistic Turn: On Quine’s Cul-De-Sac

    143
    P.M.S. Hacker
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    The Heavy Burden of Proof for Ontological Naturalism

    159
    Georg Gasser and Matthias Stefan
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    Reason, Red in Tooth and Claw: Naturalising Enlightenment Thinking

    183
    Konrad Talmont-Kaminski
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  • Part III: The Human Person
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    Naturalism and the First-Person Perspective

    203
    Lynne Rudder Baker
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    Which Ontology for Naturalists?

    227
    Josef Quitterer
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    The Unmysteriousness of Consciousness: A Case Study in Naturalistic Philosophy

    243
    Johannes L. Brand
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    Indeterminacy of a Free Choice: Ontic, Epistemic, or Logical?

    267
    Helmut Fink
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    What Naturalists Always Knew about Freedom: A Case Study in Narrative Sources of “Scientific Facts”

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    Winfried Löffler
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    Backmatter

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