Naturalism And Subjectivism

Author : Marvin Farber
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1959-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438402307

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Naturalism and Subjectivism by Marvin Farber Pdf

This book will assist readers of philosophical literature to understand and to appraise a large section of the controversial philosophical thought of our time. The central theme is the conflict between naturalism and idealism. The idealist philosophy is considered in its historical outcome of subjectivism, as developed in the phenomenological movement. The use of phenomenology is discussed as a general philosophy, as well as with respect to representative philosophies of human existence. The naturalistic view of experience as represented by Dewey is contrasted with the subjectivistic treatment of "pure" experience which is taken to be somehow "prior" to nature.

Author : Dale Riepe
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Naturalism
ISBN : 0873950992

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Phenomenology and Natural Existence by Dale Riepe Pdf

Author : Susana Nuccetelli,Gary Seay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139503891

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Ethical Naturalism by Susana Nuccetelli,Gary Seay Pdf

Ethical naturalism is narrowly construed as the doctrine that there are moral properties and facts, at least some of which are natural properties and facts. Perhaps owing to its having faced, early on, intuitively forceful objections by eliminativists and non-naturalists, ethical naturalism has only recently become a central player in the debates about the status of moral properties and facts which have occupied philosophers over the last century. It has now become a driving force in those debates, one with sufficient resources to challenge not only eliminativism, especially in its various non-cognitivist forms, but also the most sophisticated versions of non-naturalism. This volume brings together twelve new essays which make it clear that, in light of recent developments in analytic philosophy and the social sciences, there are novel grounds for reassessing the doctrines at stake in these debates.

Author : Ruth Chang,Kurt Sylvan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000337129

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The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason by Ruth Chang,Kurt Sylvan Pdf

Over the last several decades, questions about practical reason have come to occupy the center stage in ethics and metaethics. The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason is an outstanding reference source to this exciting and distinctive subject area and is the first volume of its kind. Comprising thirty-six chapters by an international team of contributors, the Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field and is divided into five parts: Foundational Matters Practical Reason in the History of Philosophy Philosophy of Practical Reason as Action Theory and Moral Psychology Philosophy of Practical Reason as Theory of Practical Normativity The Philosophy of Practical Reason as the Theory of Practical Rationality The Handbook also includes two chapters by the late Derek Parfit, ‘Objectivism about Reasons’ and ‘Normative Non-Naturalism.’ The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason is essential reading for philosophy students and researchers in metaethics, philosophy of action, action theory, ethics, and the history of philosophy.

Author : Sami S. Hawi
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9004038124

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Islamic Naturalism and Mysticism by Sami S. Hawi Pdf

Author : Patrick Romanell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Naturalism
ISBN : UCAL:$B686305

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Toward a Critical Naturalism by Patrick Romanell Pdf

Author : Ernst Wolff
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789462702974

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Martin Versfeld by Ernst Wolff Pdf

Martin Versfeld (1909–1995) is one of South Africa’s greatest philosophers, appreciated by academics and activists, poets and the broader public. His masterful prose spans the tension between disquiet and joy. Detractor of the violent trends of modernity, a critic of apartheid from the first hour, he was among the first philosophers of ecology. At the same time he celebrated the generosity of the world and advocated an ethics of simplicity, drawing on mediaeval theology and Eastern wisdom. His philosophy offered food for thought in dark times of the 20th century, as it still does for us in the 21st century. This first book-length study on Versfeld is an invitation to think with him on justice and exploitation, cultural difference and human nature, religion and the environment, time and connectedness.

Author : David Matza,Thomas G. Blomberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351297622

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Becoming Deviant by David Matza,Thomas G. Blomberg Pdf

Becoming Deviant describes a process by which people move from an affinity for certain prohibited behaviors to full-blown deviance. This process includes affiliation with circles and settings that include or sponsor offenses, followed by understanding and identification of the offenses as prohibited behavior by the transgressor. The process can be summarized as affinity, affiliation, and signification. The sequential process Matza describes allows for non-recurrent offending behavior, recidivism, and offending again. His perspective is motivated by the view that criminological theories do not explain a number of the fundamental empirical features and nuances known to be associated with delinquency. This includes the frequent termination of delinquent behavior at the onset of adulthood, the often conformist nature of delinquent behavior, and the large numbers of non-delinquents that are often found in otherwise "high-delinquency areas." In Becoming Deviant Matza reasons that most, though not all, delinquent behavior constitutes relatively uniform phenomena that is developmental in character. Individuals proceed from trivial to more serious infractions. He argues that delinquent behavior represents youths searching for adventure and is accompanied by withdrawal from conventional values and associated behavior. Matza further claims that many delinquents are not fully committed to a delinquent lifestyle, and this explains why delinquent behavior often ends with adulthood. Matza's compelling and integrated theoretical explanation makes this a classic in the increasingly sophisticated criminological literature. Thomas Blomberg's new introduction shows why Becoming Deviant remains of central importance to the field.

Author : Oxford University Press
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199808946

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Meaning of Life: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide by Oxford University Press Pdf

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of social work find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated related. This ebook is a static version of an article from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy, a dynamic, continuously updated, online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through scholarship and other materials relevant to the study Philosophy. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.oxfordbibligraphies.com.

Author : Lawrence E. Cahoone
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 088706549X

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The Dilemma of Modernity by Lawrence E. Cahoone Pdf

The development of modern culture along subjectivist lines has led to an analogue of psychological narcissism--to philosophical narcissism--in the culture. The intrinsic value of human cultural activity has been lost, and the intellectual foundation of the modern world-view has been destroyed. Cahoone carefully develops the idea of subjectivity and narcissism using psychological theory, the dialectical theory of the Frankfurt school, and historians. The core of his interpretive argument is developed through careful analysis of Descartes and Kant as well as of Husserl and Heidegger. Cahoone maintains a carefully controlled continuity between the analysis of philosophic positions and what they reveal about culture. In the conclusion, he moves toward a recreation of culture in non-subjectivist naturalism. Insights are drawn from Freud, Fairbairne, Winnicott, Kohut, Sennett, Lasch, Horkheimer, Adorno, Dewey, Cassirer, Kundera, and Buchler.

Author : David H. DeGrood
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1976-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 906032076X

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Philosophies of Essence by David H. DeGrood Pdf

Philosophies of essence provides a critical evaluation of the concept of 'essence' from the Pre-Socratics to the present, as well as indicating the social roots of the various developments. Further, it shows the fruitfulness the concept still has for a scientific materialistic outlook. In addition, a new dual formulation of the concept is given.--Preface.

Author : Susana Nuccetelli,Gary Seay
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191535925

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Themes from G. E. Moore by Susana Nuccetelli,Gary Seay Pdf

These sixteen original essays, whose authors include some of the world's leading philosophers, examine themes from the work of the Cambridge philosopher G. E. Moore (1873-1958), and demonstrate his considerable continuing influence on philosophical debate. Part I bears on epistemological topics, such as scepticism about the external world, the significance of common sense, and theories of perception. Part II is devoted to themes in ethics, such as Moore's open question argument, his non-naturalism, utilitarianism, and his notion of organic unities.

Author : Paul Bloomfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190068226

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The Oxford Handbook of Moral Realism by Paul Bloomfield Pdf

"Moral realism" is a family of theories of morality united by the idea that there are moral facts--facts about what is right or wrong or good or bad--and that morality is not simply a matter of personal preferences, emotions, attitudes, or sociological conventions. The fundamental thought underlying moral realism can be expressed as a parity thesis. There are many kinds of facts, including physical, psychological, mathematical, temporal, and moral facts. So understood, moral realism can be distinguished from a variety of anti-realist theories including expressivism, non-cognitivism, and error theory. The Handbook is divided into four parts, the first of which contains essays about the basic concepts and distinctions which characterize moral realism. The subsequent parts contain essays first defending the idea that morality is a naturalistic phenomenon like other subject matters studied by the empirical sciences; second, that morality is a non-natural phenomenon like logic or "pure rationality"; and the final section is dedicated to those theories which deny the usefulness of the natural/non-natural distinction. The twenty-five commissioned essays cover the field of moral realism in a comprehensive and highly accessible way.

Author : Martin Hähnel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030375768

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Aristotelian Naturalism by Martin Hähnel Pdf

This book features many of the leading voices championing the revival of Neo-Aristotelian Ethical Naturalism (AN) in contemporary philosophy. It addresses the whole range of issues facing this research program at present. Coverage in the collection identifies differentiations, details standpoints, and points out new perspectives. This volume answers a need: AN is quite new to contemporary philosophy, despite its deep roots in the history of philosophy. As yet, there are many unanswered questions regarding its relation to contemporary views in metaethics. It is certainly not equivalent to dominant naturalistic approaches to metaethics in Anglophone philosophy. Indeed, it is not obviously incompatible with some approaches identified as nonnaturalistic. Further, there are controversies regarding the views of the first wave of virtue revivalists. The work of G.E.M. Anscombe and Philippa Foot is frequently misunderstood, despite the fact that they are important figures in the contemporary revival. This volume details a robust approach to ethics by situating it within the context of human life. It will help readers to better understand how AN raises deep questions about the relation of action and its evaluation to human nature. Neo-Aristotelians argue that something like the traditional cardinal virtues, practical wisdom, temperance, justice and courage, are qualities that perfect human reason and desire.

Author : José Ignacio Galparsoro,Alberto Cordero
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789462092969

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Reflections on Naturalism by José Ignacio Galparsoro,Alberto Cordero Pdf

To naturalists, there is no such thing as complete justification for any claim, and so requiring complete warrant for naturalist proposals is an unreasonable request. The proper guideline for naturalist proposals seems thus clear: develop it using the methods of science; if this leads to a fruitful stance, then explicate and reassess. The resulting offer will exhibit virtuous circularity if its explanatory feedback loop involves critical reassessment as the explanations it encompasses play out. So viewed, naturalism is a philosophical perspective that seeks to unite in a virtuous circle the natural sciences and non-foundationalist, broadly-based empiricism. Other common lines of antinaturalist complaint are that naturalization efforts seem fruitful only in some areas, also that several endeavors outside the sciences serve as sources of knowledge into human life and the human condition, especially in areas where science does not reach terribly far as yet. It seems hard not to grant some truth to many allegories from literature, art and some religions. Naturalism has room for knowledge gathered outside science, provided the imported claims satisfy also by naturalistic methods. Naturalism and the debate about its scope and limits thrive on discrepancy. We hope that, collectively, the selected essays that follow will give a fair view of the vitality and tribulations of naturalism as a variegated contemporary philosophical perspective.