Corradini / Galvan / Lowe Analytic Philosophy Without Naturalism

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-1-134-27268-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy

In recent years numerous attempts have been made by analytic philosophers to naturalize various different domains of philosophical inquiry. All of these attempts have had the common goal of rendering these areas of philosophy amenable to empirical methods, with the intention of securing for them the supposedly objective status and broad intellectual appeal currently associated with such approaches.

This volume brings together internationally recognised analytic philosophers, including Alvin Plantinga, Peter van Inwagen and Robert Audi, to question the project of naturalism. The articles investigate what it means to naturalize a domain of philosophical inquiry and look at how this applies to the various sub-disciplines of philosophy including epistemology, metaphysics and the philosophy of the mind. The issue of whether naturalism is desirable is raised and the contributors take seriously the possibility that excellent analytic philosophy can be undertaken without naturalization.

Controversial and thought-provoking, Analytic Philosophy Without Naturalism examines interesting and contentious methodological issues in analytic philosophy and explores the connections between philosophy and science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Corradini, Antonella

Galvan, Sergio

Lowe, E. J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS

List of illustrations

Notes on contributors

Preface

Aknowledgments



Introduction

A.Corradini, S. Galvan, J. Lowe





PART I

Epistemology

1 Reflection

Franz von Kutschera

Reflection, self-consciousness and intentionality

Comment on von Kutschera’s paper

Michele Lenoci



2 How naturalism implies skepticism

Alvin Plantinga

Methodological and/or ontological naturalism?

Comment on Plantinga’s paper

Roberta Corvi







PART II

Ontology

3 Aristotelian substances and the

theorethical/practical dichotomy

Edmund Runggaldier

Aristotelian ontology and naturalistic ontology

Comment on Runggaldier’s paper

Alessandro Giordani



4 What is naturalism? What is

analytical philosophy?

Peter van Inwagen

Naturalism, physicalism, and some footnotes on

‘Analytical Philosophy’

Comment on van Inwagen’s paper

Christian Kanzian





PART III

Philosophy of Religion

Contemporary cosmology and the existence

of God

Willian Lane Craig

How to deal with singularities

Comment on Craig’s paper

Winfried Löffler

The design argument between science and

metaphysics

Robin Collins

Metaphysical presuppositions of the argument from

design

Comment on Collins’ paper

Sergio Galvan





PART IV

Philosophy of Mind

7 Rational selves and freedom of action

Jonathan Lowe

I see that Martians persecute me: what should

I do, if I want to act rationally?

Comment on Lowe’s paper

Lucia Urbani Ulivi

8 Consciousness and freedom

Uwe Meixner

Which consciousness do we need to have a choice?

Comment on Meixner’s paper

Josef Quitterer

PART V

Practical Philosophy

9 Naturalism, realism and objectivity in ethics

Robert N. Audi

Non-reductive naturalism versus non-naturalism in

ethics: how wide is the gap?

Comment on Audi’s paper

Antonella Corradini

10 Resisting naturalism: the case of free will

Hugh McCann

Practical reasoning and action

Comment on McCann’s paper

Francesca Castellani



Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

A. Corradini is Professor of Philosophy of Social Sciences at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy.

S. Galvan is Professor of Logic at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy.

E.J. Lowe is Professor of Philosophy, University of Durham, UK.