Ellis traces a deep misunderstanding about the relation of concepts & reality in the history of philosophy, exposing how the mistake influenced the thoughts of Locke, Berkeley, Kant, Nietzche & Bradley. She suggests the solution may be found in Hegelian thought & exemplifies Hegel's dialectical method.

Ellis traces a deep misunderstanding about the relation of concepts & reality in the history of philosophy, exposing how the mistake influenced the thoughts of Locke, Berkeley, Kant, Nietzche & Bradley. She suggests the solution may be found in Hegelian thought & exemplifies Hegel's dialectical method.

Many philosophers believe that God has been put to rest. Naturalism is the default position, and the naturalist can explain what needs to be explained without recourse to God. This book agrees that we should be naturalists, but it rejects the more prevalent scientific naturalism in favor of an "expansive" naturalism inspired by David Wiggins and John McDowell. It is argued that expansive naturalism can accommodate the idea of God, and that the expansive naturalist has unwittingly paved the way towards a form of naturalism which poses a genuine challenge to the atheist. It follows that the...

Many philosophers believe that God has been put to rest. Naturalism is the default position, and the naturalist can explain what needs to be explained without recourse to God. This book agrees that we should be naturalists, but it rejects the more prevalent scientific naturalism in favor of an "expansive" naturalism inspired by David Wiggins and John McDowell. It is argued that expansive naturalism can accommodate the idea of God, and that the expansive naturalist has unwittingly paved the way towards a form of naturalism which poses a genuine challenge to the atheist. It follows that the...