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I focus on the ethical non-naturalism of Russ Shafer-Landau. First, spend a good bit time specifying nature two versions naturalism and arguing that one is embraced ubiquitously—more importantly, should be embraced—by contemporary naturalists. do so because if am right about this, before we investigate details Shafer-Landau’s non-naturalism, there will significant burden proof for him to meet. ...

The success of Artificial Life depends on whether it will help solving the conceptual problems of biology. Biology may be viewed as the science of the transformation of organizations. And, yet, biology lacks a theory of organization. We use this as an example of the challenge that Artificial Life must meet. "If as I believe physics and chemistry are conceptually inadequate as a theoretical fram...

Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given, and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living. And just when they seem engaged in revolutionizing themselves and things, in creatin...

Ned Block (2002) claims that there is “an epistemic tension” between two fairly widely held commitments: to phenomenal realism and to naturalism. Phenomenal realism is the view that (a) we are phenomenally consciousness, and that (b) there is no a priori or armchair sufficient condition for phenomenal consciousness that can be stated (noncircularly) in nonphenomenal terms (p.392). Block points ...

In this chapter I lay out a notion of philosophical naturalism that aligns with pragmatism. It is developed and illustrated by a presentation of my views on natural kinds and my theory of concepts. Both accounts reflect a methodological naturalism and are defended not based on metaphysical considerations, but in terms of their philosophical fruitfulness. A core theme is that the epistemic inter...

Abstract Traditionally, the debate about health and disease is characterized as an opposition between naturalism normativism. However, recent contributions show that theories of need not be purely naturalistic or normative, but may located somewhere in between. The first purpose this article to further advance line nuancing. second argue favor a specific position, which added nuances reveal. I ...