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Naturalism beyond the limits of science : how scientific methodology can and should shape philosophical theorizing /

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"Philosophers and scientists both ask questions about what the world is like. How do these fields connect with one another? How should they? Naturalism Beyond the Limits of Science investigates methodological naturalism––the idea that when coming up with theories about what the world is like, p...

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Main Author: Emery, Nina (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Naturalism.
Science > Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Naturalisme.
Philosophie.
naturalism (philosophical movement)
philosophy.
Epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY.
Metaphysics.
Philosophy & Social Aspects.
SCIENCE.
Naturalism
Philosophy
Science > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Naturalism Beyond the Limits of Science
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. From Content Naturalism to Methodological Naturalism
  • 1.1 Content Naturalism
  • 1.2 Three Assumptions about Content
  • 1.3 The Content-​Methodology Link
  • 1.4 Worries about the Argument
  • 1.5 Strong and Weak Versions of the Link
  • 2. Content Naturalism as the Default View
  • 2.1 The Simple Case for Content Naturalism
  • 2.2 Worries about Content Naturalism
  • 2.3 Content Naturalism and Scientific Realism
  • 2.4 From Limited Content Naturalism to Methodological Naturalism
  • 3. Why Methodological Naturalism Impacts Metaphysical Theorizing
  • 3.1 Underdetermination
  • 3.2 Extra-​Empirical Principles in Science
  • 3.3 Extra-​Empirical Principles in Metaphysics
  • 3.4 Consequences for the Practice of Metaphysics
  • 3.5 Two Alternative Ways of Thinking about Extra-​Empirical Reasoning
  • 3.6 Recap
  • 4. Case Study: Pattern Explanation and the Governing Account of Laws
  • 4.1 The Pattern-​Explanation Principle
  • 4.2 Pattern Explanation as Metaphysically Robust Explanation
  • 4.3 What This Tells Us about Laws of Nature
  • 4.4 The Pattern-​Explanation Principle, Inference to the Best Explanation, and Explanationism
  • 4.5 The Governing Account and Humeanism about Laws
  • 4.6 What Is Governance?
  • 5. Case Study: Mooreanism and Nihilism about Composition
  • 5.1 Minimal Divergence
  • 5.2 Mooreanism as a Part of Standard Scientific Practice
  • 5.3 Objections and Replies
  • 5.4 Minimal Divergence and Nihilism about Composite Objects
  • 5.5 Recap
  • 6. Case Study: Excess Structure
  • 6.1 How the Lack of a Privileged Reference Frame Creates Difficulty for Presentism
  • 6.2 The Relativity-​Inspired Objection to Actualism
  • 6.3 Privileged Reference Frames and Privileged Modal Perspectives
  • 6.4 Objections and Replies
  • 6.5 Recap
  • 7. Context Dependence in Scientific Methodology
  • 7.1 Context Dependence as Background Dependence
  • 7.2 Level Dependence and Competing Methodologies
  • 7.3 Ways of Responding to Level Dependence
  • 7.4 Context Dependence More Generally
  • 8. Metaphysics Unmoored?
  • 8.1 Unmoored Metaphysics without Genuine Conflicts
  • 8.2 Unmoored Metaphysics with Genuine Conflicts
  • 8.3 Fine-​Grained Naturalism
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.