Scepticism and naturalism some varieties

Strawson, P F

Scepticism and naturalism some varieties - London Routledge 2008 - xlii,85p.

"The Woodbridge lectures 1983." Orignially published: Great Britain : Methuen & Co Ltd., 1985.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Quassim Cassam -- Intellectual autobiography / by P.F. Strawson -- Scepticism, naturalism, and transcendental arguments -- Introductory remarks -- Traditional scepticism -- Hume : reason and nature -- Hume and Wittgenstein -- Only connect : the role of transcendental arguments -- Three quotations -- Historicism : and the past -- Morality and perception -- Involvement and detachment -- The relativizing move and the two faces of naturalism -- A parallel case : perception and its objects -- Evasion or solution reconciliation or surrender? -- The mental and the physical -- The position so far -- The identity thesis : the two stories and their interface -- Identity or causal linkage? -- An imperfect parallel -- The matter of meaning -- Intensional entities : rejectionists and their obligations -- A naturalistic reduction : correctness and agreement in use -- The debate over recognition -- The debate over necessity -- Solution or conflict : an inconclusive conclusion.

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Skepticism.
Naturalism.

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