Harmless Naturalism: The Limits of Science and the Nature of Philosophy
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Book Overview
In seeking to defend a form of naturalism that avoids both scientism and the reduction of philosophy to science, Robert Almeder defines philosophy and distinguishes it from the domain of natural science by showing how a good philosophical explanation, while empirically testable, differs from a good scientific explanation.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812693809
ISBN13:9780812693805
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:Open Court
Length:235 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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moving cautiously beyond scientism...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
I will quote from the Introduction (page 3): "Let me first briefly state this book's argument in a very general way. Scientism, as described in either of the two forms just noted, is rationally indefensible, and yet there is a defensible form of naturalism that does not directly or indirectly reduce philosophical explanations to scientific explanations--although philosophical explanations are implicitly empirically testable and hence confirmable or fasifiable. In short, I will defend a reasonably comprehensive naturalism while avoiding both scientism and the reduction of philosophical claims and explanations to stricly scientific claims and explanations. In so doing, I also hope to define philosophy by showing how a good philsophical explananation, while empirically testable, differs from a good scientfic explanation."
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