Naturalism, normativity & explanation

This book critically examines philosophical naturalism, evaluates the prospects for naturalizing such normative properties as being a reason, and proposes a theory of action-explanation. This theory accommodates an explanatory role for both psychological properties, such as intention, and normative...

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Otros Autores: Audi, Robert, 1941- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kraków : Copernicus Center Press 2014.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:This book critically examines philosophical naturalism, evaluates the prospects for naturalizing such normative properties as being a reason, and proposes a theory of action-explanation. This theory accommodates an explanatory role for both psychological properties, such as intention, and normative properties, such as having an obligation or being intrinsically good. The overall project requires distinguishing philosophical from methodological naturalism, arguing for the possibility of a scientifically informed epistemology that is not committed to the former, and freeing the theory of action-
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9788378861485