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The Presidential Rhetoric of Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, and Calvin Coolidge
Theism, Idealism, and Naturalism
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2023
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After the nineteenth-century “turn from idealism,” when idealist philosophies were largely abandoned for materialist ones, many analytic philosophers have adhered to scientific naturalism as the new orthodoxy, largely due to the success of scientific advancements. The New Atheists, such as Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins, claim it is Darwin who deserves much of the credit for repudiating the traditional Mind-first world view. In The Implications of Evolution for Metaphysics: Theism, Idealism, and Naturalism, David H. Gordon explores questions such as: Is it true that evolution is incompatible with theism and necessarily results in naturalism? Is it possible, as naturalism maintains, that everything can be reduced to physical processes? Or are there too many recalcitrant phenomena that defy reduction? Can the epistemological conditions for metaphysical knowledge be met? If the underdetermination of theory allows for multiple metaphysical theories to cover the same phenomena, with each offering an epistemically adequate explanation, then neither naturalism nor theism can be asserted to be objectively true. Nevertheless, it is possible to favor one over the other based on overall coherence and explanatory power.
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2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-2372-8
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978-1-6669-2373-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
334
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Preface No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
The Turn from Idealism No access Pages 13 - 58
The Turn toward Naturalism No access Pages 59 - 96
Evolutionary Theory No access Pages 97 - 128
Theism No access Pages 129 - 166
Justifying Naturalism No access Pages 167 - 204
The Logical Relationships Between Evolution, Naturalism, and Theism No access Pages 205 - 244
Epistemological Concerns No access Pages 245 - 266
Underdetermination of Theory and Its Consequences for Metaphysics No access Pages 267 - 308
