Naturalism and normativity / edited by Mario De Caro and David Macarthur.

Other author De Caro, Mario.
Other author Macarthur, David.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press,
Descriptionvi, 368 p. ; 23 cm.
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SeriesColumbia themes in philosophy
Columbia themes in philosophy. ^A711567
Contents Introduction: Science, naturalism, and the problem of normativity / Mario De Caro and David Macarthur -- Part I: Conceptual and historical background -- The wider significance of naturalism: a genealogical essay / Akeel Bilgrami -- Naturalism and quietism / Richard Rorty -- Is liberal naturalism possible? / Mario De Caro and Alberto Voltolini -- Part II: Philosophy and the natural sciences -- Science and philosophy / Hilary Putnam -- Why scientific realism may invite relativism / Carol Rovane -- Part III: Philosophy and the human sciences -- Taking the human sciences seriously / David Macarthur -- Reasons and causes revisited / Peter Menzies -- Part IV: Meta-ethics and normativity -- Metaphysics and morals / T.M. Scanlon -- The naturalist gap in ethics / Erin I. Kelly and Lionel K. McPherson -- Phenomenology and the normativity of practical reason / Stephen L. White -- Part V: Epistemology and normativity -- Truth as convenient friction / Huw Price -- Exchange on "truth as convenient friction" / Richard Rorty and Huw Price -- Two directions for analytic kantianism: naturalism and idealism / Paul Redding -- Part VI: Naturalism and human nature -- How to be naturalistic without being simplistic in the study of human nature / John Dupre -- Dewey, continuity, and McDowell / Peter Godfrey-Smith -- Wittgenstein and naturalism / Marie McGinn.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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