A Science-Based Critique of Epistemological Naturalism in Quine's Tradition

• Main Author: Gubelmann, Reto (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Epistemology.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy of Science.

At the intersection of epistemology, metaphilosophy, and philosophy of science, this exciting new book examines the epistemic limits of empirical science. It makes a unique contribution to research on epistemological naturalism in Quine's tradition by criticizing the position based on first-ord...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Quine I: The Bold Physicalism of Word and Object
• 3. Quine II: The Evolutionary-Perceptional Account
• 4. Burge: Proto-Predicates in Perceptual Representations
• 5. Maddy: Conceiving Logic as an Innate Cognitive Mechanism
• 6.Quine's Empiricist Justificatory Monism
• 7. Why Justificatory Monism Needs Scientific Realism
• 8. Scientifically Defending Realism I: Psillos' Holistic Approach
• 9. Scientifically Defending Realism II: Maddy's Piecemeal Realism
• 10. Conclusion.