Naturalism

Naturalism: A Critical Appraisal presents a rigorous analysis and critique of the major varieties of contemporary philosophical naturalism. It advocates the thesis that contemporary naturalism should be abandoned in light of the serious difficulties raised against it. The contributors draw on a wide range of topics including: epistemology, philosophy of science, value theory to basic analytic ontology, philosophy of mind and agency, and natural theology. For some time now, philosophical naturalism has played a dominant intellectual and sociological role in academia. Currently, throughout a large sector of professional philosophy, philosophical naturalism determines the way philosophy is to be done, what counts as good methodology, and what it taken to be a worthwhile topic for study. This book provides a thorough and searching critique of philosophical naturalism which is squarely within the analytic tradition and which avails itself of the new and exciting literature in philosophy of religion that has burst onto the scene in the last decade. Naturalism: A Critical Approach accomplishes three things. Firstly, it argues that naturalism fails to deal adequately with a number of desiderata; secondly it shows that to the degree that naturalism is a consistent paradigm and is 'located' within the physicalist story, it should be a form of strict physicalism; and thirdly, it provides an account of the contemporary resurgence of philosophical theism by adverting to evidentiary considerations in the natural world itself (eg. Big Bang cosmology) which serve as signposts of transcendence. William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology, USA, William Dembski, The Disovery Institute, USA, Stewart Goetz, Ursinus College, USA, John Hare, Calvin College, USA, Ro

ISBN 0415235243   Pages 304 ISBN13 9780415235242 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 603 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Hardback   Series title Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy Publication date 07 Sep 2000   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress B828.2.N36, B828.2.N36   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 146   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		List of figures
		List of contributors
		Preface
Pt. 1		Epistemology		1
1		Farewell to philosophical naturalism by Paul K. Moser and David Yandell		3
2		Knowledge and naturalism by Dallas Willard		24
3		The incompatibility of naturalism and scientific realism by Robert C. Koons		49
Pt. 2		Ontology		65
4		Naturalism and the ontological status of properties by J. P. Moreland		67
5		Naturalism and material objects by Michael Rea		110
6		Naturalism and the mind by Charles Taliaferro		133
7		Naturalism and libertarian agency by Stewart Goetz		156
Pt. 3		Value theory		187
8		Naturalism and morality by John E. Hare		189
Pt. 4		Natural theology		213
9		Naturalism and cosmology by William Lane Craig		215
10		Naturalism and design by William Dembski		253
		Index		281

'This book provides a good introduction to work by some contemporary American theistic philosophers of religion. Moreover, it gives clear expression to the recent resurgence in polemical Christian philosophy of religion in American academic philosophy' - Australian Journal of Philosophy

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