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16Aspirational NaturalismDissertation, University of OtagoIn this thesis I argue for aspirational naturalism. Aspirational naturalism is a metaphilosophical thesis that encourages a continuation of the interdisciplinary relationship between philosophy and science. It is a kind of methodological naturalism, a view about philosophical methodology that treats science with epistemic respect.
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110Maclaurin and Dyke on Analytic MetaphysicsAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 91 (1): 173-178. 2013.We argue that Maclaurin and Dyke's recent critique of non-naturalistic metaphysics suffers from difficulties analogous to those that caused trouble for earlier positivist critiques of metaphysics. Maclaurin and Dyke say that a theory is naturalistic iff it has observable consequences. Depending on the details of this criterion, either no theory counts as naturalistic or every theory does.
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Value Theory |
Science, Logic, and Mathematics |