03728nam 2200613 450 991046075250332120200520144314.083-7886-148-1(CKB)3710000000442869(EBL)2081553(SSID)ssj0001517593(PQKBManifestationID)12559732(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001517593(PQKBWorkID)11505760(PQKB)11215013(MiAaPQ)EBC2081553(Au-PeEL)EBL2081553(CaPaEBR)ebr11074172(OCoLC)913774889(EXLCZ)99371000000044286920150616h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNaturalism, normativity & explanation /Robert AudiKraków :Copernicus Center Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (173 p.)Description based upon print version of record.83-7886-147-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface and Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Naturalism as a Philosophical and Scient; I. The Historical and Philosophical Cont; II. Scientific Naturalism; III. Ontological Pluralism; IV. Non-Reductive Naturalism; V. Realist and Anti-Realist Naturalisms; VI. Scientific Naturalism and Causal Clo; Chapter 2. The Nature of Normativity and the Projec; I. A Cross-Disciplinary Conception of No; II. Philosophical Motivation for Natural; III. Naturalization Projects in Ethics; IV. The Naturalization of Practical Reas; V. Moral Perception as a Natural PhenomeVI. Outline of a General Account of NormChapter 3. Moral Properties: Some Epistemological, ; I. Moral Properties and Their Normativit; II. The Non-Moral Grounds of the Moral: ; III. The Epistemology of Moral Propertie; IV. The Problem of Normative Defeasibili; V. Are Moral Properties Natural (or Natu; Chapter 4. The Theory of Action-Explanation: Some D; I. Targets of Explanation; II. Epistemological, Ontological, and Pr; III. Explanations Why; IV. Explanations of Human Behavior; V. The Problem of Mental Causation; VI. Causes, Causal Explainers, and Menta; Chapter 5. A Priori ExplanationI. Framing the Issue: Preliminary ConsidII. A Priori Explanation, Proof, and The; III. A Priori Elements in Empirical Expl; IV. Explanation and Understanding; V. Explanation of Normative Propositions; VI. Explanatory Ultimacy and the Groundi; VII. Conclusion; References; IndexThis book critically examines philosophical naturalism, evaluates the prospects for naturalizing such normative properties as being a reason, and proposes a theory of action-explanation. This theory accommodates an explanatory role for both psychological properties, such as intention, and normative properties, such as having an obligation or being intrinsically good. The overall project requires distinguishing philosophical from methodological naturalism, arguing for the possibility of a scientifically informed epistemology that is not committed to the former, and freeing the theory of action-Naturalism, normativity and explanationNaturalismNormativity (Ethics)ExplanationElectronic books.Naturalism.Normativity (Ethics)Explanation.121Audi Robert1941-164278MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460752503321Naturalism, normativity & explanation2246064UNINA