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Quine, Ontology, and Physicalism [PDF]
Quine's views on ontology and naturalism are well-known but rarely considered in tandem. According to my interpretation the connection between them is vital. I read Quine as a global epistemic structuralist.
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Darwinism in metaethics: What if the universal acid cannot be contained? [PDF]
The aim of this article is to explore the impact of Darwinism in metaethics and dispel some of the confusion surrounding it. While the prospects for a Darwinian metaethics appear to be improving, some underlying epistemological issues remain unclear.
Severini, Eleonora, Sterpetti, Fabio
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NATURALISM AS REFLECTED IN STEPHEN CRANE ‘S SHORT STORY THE OPEN BOAT [PDF]
This research is a kind of library research. The main data is taken from Stephen Crane’s short story The Open Boat. The purpose of the research is to find out how the naturalism aspects are reflected in Stephen Crane’s short story The Open Boat.
YUSRIANA, ERNI
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Grist to the mill of anti-evolutionism: the failed strategy of ruling the supernatural out of science by philosophical fiat [PDF]
According to a widespread philosophical opinion, science is strictly limited to investigating natural causes and putting forth natural explanations. Lacking the tools to evaluate supernatural claims, science must remain studiously neutral on questions of
Blancke, Stefaan +2 more
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Naturalism Need Not Be “Made Safe”: A Response to William Rottschaefer's Misunderstandings
In this article, I respond to William Rottschaefer's analysis of my writings on religion and science, especially my Religion, Science and Naturalism (1996).
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Two people may claim both to be naturalists, but have divergent conceptions of basic elements of the natural world which lead them to mean different things when they talk about laws of nature, or states, or the role of mathematics in physics.
Smolin, Lee
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Discerning the Limits of Religious Naturalism
In response to my “How to Make Naturalism Safe for Supernaturalism: An Evaluation of Willem Drees's Supernaturalistic Naturalism” (Rottschaefer 2001), Willem Drees maintains that I have misunderstood his purpose and views and have failed to make the ...
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Non-Naturalism and Reference [PDF]
Metaethical realists disagree about the nature of normative properties. Naturalists think that they are ordinary natural properties: causally efficacious, a posteriori knowable, and usable in the best explanations of natural and social sciences.
Suikkanen, Jussi
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“I believe because of evolution”: has cognitive science undermined the rationality of religious belief? [PDF]
This article explores the implications of contemporary naturalistic theories of religion for the rationality of religious (theistic) belief. The so-called evolutionary debunking arguments attempt to undermine the rationality of a belief by appealing to ...
Kantemir Kanukoev
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Aesthetic Value and Aesthetic Judgment
Contemporary aesthetic naturalism integrates various scientific approaches into the common effort to provide an explanation of the main topics of aesthetics on the basis of empirical methods or in line with available evidence.
Gianluca Consoli
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