| Naturalism Contributor(s): Goetz, Stewart (Author), Taliaferro, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802807682 ISBN-13: 9780802807687 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $19.35 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2008 Annotation: Most, if not all, other books on naturalism are written for professional philosophers alone. Stewart Goetz and Charles Taliaferro offer a book that ? without losing anything in the way of scholarly standards ? is primarily aimed at a college-educated audience interested in learning about this pervasive worldview. Naturalism groups the various terms of this philosophy into two general categories: strict naturalism and broad naturalism. According to the strict version, all that exists can be exhaustively described and explained by the natural sciences. As Goetz and Taliaferro explain it, broad naturalism allows that there may be some things beyond physics and the natural sciences, but insists that there can be no reality beyond nature ? i.e., God ? and explicitly rules out the possibility of souls. The authors argue that both categories face substantial objections in their failure to allow for consciousness, human free will, and values. They offer sustained replies to the naturalist critique of the soul and the existence of God and engage in critical evaluations of works by scholarly and popular advocates of naturalism ? Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Thomas Nagel, Jaegwon Kim, and others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - General - Philosophy | Criticism - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 261.51 |
| LCCN: 2007046728 |
| Series: Interventions |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 140 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This inaugural Interventions volume introduces readers to the dominant scientifically oriented worldview called naturalism. Stewart Goetz and Charles Taliaferro examine naturalism philosophically, evaluating its strengths and weaknesses. Whereas most other books on naturalism are written for professional philosophers alone, this one is aimed primarily at a college-educated audience interested in learning about this pervasive worldview. Read a related blog post by the authors on EerdWord. |
Contributor Bio(s): Goetz, Stewart: - Stewart Goetz is professor of philosophy at UrsinusCollege, Collegeville, Pennsylvania. He has authorednumerous scholarly articles for such publications asFaith and Philosophy, American PhilosophicalQuarterly, and Mind."Taliaferro, Charles: - Charles Taliaferro is professor of philosophy at St. OlafCollege, Northfield, Minnesota. He is the author or editorof eight books, including Evidence and Faith: Philosophy and Religion since the SeventeenthCentury." |