The Blackwell companion to naturalism /

"Since the turn of the twenty-first century, naturalism has become one of the most prominent philosophical orthodoxies in the Western academy. Yet naturalism is more often assumed than defended. The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism offers a systematic introduction that defines, discusses and defends philosophical naturalism. Essays tackle naturalism's role in existing cultural conversations, from Libertarianism to Confucianism, and provide detailed examinations of philosophical concepts like metaphysics, realism, feminism, science, free will, and ethics as viewed through a naturalist lens. With contributions from an international array of established and emerging scholars from across the humanities, the collection encapsulates contemporary debates in the field. The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism provides an enlightening and accessible guide for self-identified naturalists and philosophy students who are new to naturalism alike"--Includes bibliographical references and index."Since the turn of the twenty-first century, naturalism has become one of the most prominent philosophical orthodoxies in the Western academy. Yet naturalism is more often assumed than defended. The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism offers a systematic introduction that defines, discusses and defends philosophical naturalism. Essays tackle naturalism's role in existing cultural conversations, from Libertarianism to Confucianism, and provide detailed examinations of philosophical concepts like metaphysics, realism, feminism, science, free will, and ethics as viewed through a naturalist lens. With contributions from an international array of established and emerging scholars from across the humanities, the collection encapsulates contemporary debates in the field. The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism provides an enlightening and accessible guide for self-identified naturalists and philosophy students who are new to naturalism alike"--Naturalism and its discontents / Kelly James Clark -- Naturalizing ethics / Owen Flanagan, Hagop Sarkissian, and David Wong -- Naturalism in the Continental tradition / Keith Ansell Pearson and John Protevi -- The naturalism question in feminism / Ásta Sveinsdóttir -- On naturalistic metaphysics / Thomas M. Crisp -- Naturalism and realism in the philosophy science / Matteo Morganti -- Naturalism without scientism / P. Kyle Stanford -- 'The horrid doubt' : naturalism and evolutionary biology / Valerie Gray Hardcastle -- Naturalism and antinaturalism in the sociology of science / Dorothea Olkowski -- Why methodological naturalism? / Hans Halvorson -- Naturalsim and the question of realism / Drew Khlentzos -- Non-naturalistic metaphysics / Hud Hudson -- Naturalism and physicalism / Barbara Gail Montero and David Papineau -- Natural mind / Brian L. Keeley -- Naturalism and dualism / Joseph Levine -- Epistemological naturalisms / C.S.I. Jenkins --^Dewey, naturalism, and the problem of knowledge / Douglas McDermid -- Truth and naturalism / Douglas Edwards, Filippo Ferrari, and Michael P. Lynch -- Against naturalism about truth / Berit Brogaard -- Mathematics and metaphysical naturalism / Gideon Rosen -- Naturalism and mathematics : some problems / Jeffrey W. Roland -- Naturalism and free will / Neil Levy -- Free will and naturalism : how to be a libertarian, and a naturalist too / Kevin Timpe and Jonathan D. Jacobs -- Does the new wave in moral psychology sink Kant? / Valerie Tiberius -- Naturalism in metaethics / Jussi Suikkanen -- Evolution and moral naturalism / Richard Joyce -- Scientific naturalism and the explanation of moral beliefs : challenging evolutionary debunking / William J. FitzPatrick -- What's to be said for moral non-naturalism? / Terence D. Cuneo -- Naturalism and moral psychology / Christian B. Miller -- Militant modern atheism / Philip Kitcher --^Why naturalism cannot account for natural human rights / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- Cognitive and evolutionary approaches to religion / Robert N. McCauley -- The naturalness of religous belief : epistemological implications / Helen de Cruz -- Naturalism in Indian philosophy / Amita Chatterjee -- The natural history of shame and its modification by Confucian culture / Ryan Nichols