Naturalismus: Positionen, Perspektiven, Probleme

The debate on naturalism marks a watershed in analytically oriented epistemology and the philosophy of science. In this work, the authors deal with some of the main topics of contemporary theoretical philosophy. How closely are epistemological methods related to scientific methods? Is knowledge a natural phenomenon as Kornblith suggests? Does naturalism solve ontological problems as it claims to do? Are the more ambitious versions of naturalism incompatible? In this transatlantic cooperation, each article (among them essays by Hilary Putnam, Hilary Kornblith and John R. Searle) is commented on by other philosophers and then defended by the author. This concept makes it possible to detect controversies, since both naturalistic philosophers and their opponents have their say. This book will be challenging and rewarding reading for scholars as well as for interested laymen.