Scepticism and Naturalism: Some Varieties

ISBN-13: 9780415450492 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 128 str.

P. F. Strawson

Opis

Begins with a discussion of scepticism, which the author defines as questioning the adequacy of our grounds for holding beliefs. This book draws on Hume and Wittgenstein to argue that we must distinguish between 'hard', scientific naturalism; or 'soft', hu

Spis treści

Foreword Quassim Cassam  Intellectual Autobiography P F Strawson  Part 1: Scepticism, Naturalism and Transcendental Arguments  1. Introductory Remarks  2. Traditional Scepticism  3. Hume: Reason and Nature  4. Hume and Wittgenstein  5. 'Only Connect': The Role of Transcendental Arguments  6. Three Quotations  7. Historicism: And the Past  Part 2: Morality and Perception  1. Involvement and Detachment  2. Two Faces of Naturalism: The Relativizing Move  3. A Parallel Case: Perception and Its Objects  4. Evasion or Solution? Reconciliation or Surrender?  Part 3: The Mental and the Physical  1. The Position So Far  2. The Identity Thesis: The Two Stories and Their Interface  3. Identity Or Causal Linkage?  4. An Imperfect Parallel  Part 4: The Matter of Meaning  1. Intensional Entities: Rejectionists and Their Obligations  2. A Naturalist Reduction: Correctness, and Agreement, In Use  3. The Debate Over Recognition  4. The Debate Over Necessity  5. Solution or Conflict?  An Inclusive Conclusion  Index

O autorze

P.F. Strawson