Naturalism by Craig, William Lane -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Figures Contributors Preface

Notes

Part 1: Epistemology

1. Farewell to Philosophical Naturalism

1. Naturalism: Ontological and Methodological 2. A Dilemma 3. The Logical Status of Naturalism 4. The Dilemma Applied Notes

2. Knowledge and Naturalism

Naturalism Is . . . What? Invoking “Science” The Dilemma of Naturalism And Knowledge Is . . . What? Truth As “Matching Up” The Naivety of “Correspondence” Why Truth Cannot Be “Naturalized” Logical Relations Noetic Unity Summary Notes

3. The Incompatibility of Naturalism and Scientific Realism

1. Introduction 2. The Pervasiveness of Simplicity 3. The Centrality of Reliability to Representational Naturalism 4. Proof of the Incompatibility 5. Papineau and Millikan On Scientific Realism 6. The Forster–Sober Account of Simplicity 7. Pragmatic Accounts of the Simplicity Criterion 8. Conclusion Notes

Part 2: Ontology

4. Naturalism and the Ontological Status of Properties

5. Naturalism and Material Objects

I II III IV Notes

6. Naturalism and the Mind

Problems With Eliminative Materialism Problems With Identity Materialism Nonreductive Materialism and the Limits of the Natural World Notes

7. Naturalism and Libertarian Agency

Introduction I II III IV V Notes

Part 3: Value Theory

8. Naturalism and Morality

The Moral Gap Three Secular Strategies Moral Faith Notes

Part 4: Natural Theology

9. Naturalism and Cosmology

The Fundamental Question The Origin of the Universe The Steady State Model Beyond the Big Bang Conclusion Notes

10. Naturalism and Design

1. Introduction 2. Admitting Design Into Science 3. The Complexity-Specification Criterion 4. Specification 5. Complexity As Probability 6. Why the Criterion Works 7. Irreducible Complexity 8. So What? Notes