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Naturalized Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 5, 2001 5 facts
claimIf epistemic support facts are natural facts and justification is defined by evidence possessed and epistemic support, then justification is defined in entirely natural terms, removing the need for evidentialists to rely on supervenience to defend naturalism.
quoteJames Maffie writes that a key claim of naturalism is that: "epistemic value is anchored to descriptive fact, no longer entering the world autonomously as brute, fundamental fact..."
perspectiveIf a naturalist became convinced that people possessed abilities previously thought to be impossible, the appropriate response would be to revise views about the nature of reality rather than renouncing naturalism.
claimJaegwon Kim argues that the term 'naturalism' is used ambiguously between 'ethical naturalism' and 'epistemological naturalism', where the former requires definitions in natural terms while the latter requires only supervenience.
quoteGilbert Harman defines ethical naturalism as the doctrine that moral facts are facts of nature, and characterizes naturalism as the general thesis that all facts are facts of nature.
Naturalistic Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 4 facts
claimThere is no standard naturalistic solution to the problem of induction, though naturalism provides a general strategy for addressing it.
claimDonald Davidson's naturalism is characterized by a limited direct application of hard science to epistemological problems, while he maintains that only another belief can justify a belief, viewing justification as arising from the relationships among one's beliefs.
claimAlvin Goldman defines his naturalism as the view that epistemology 'needs help' from science.
claimKuhn-inspired naturalism is compatible with naturalism that draws on psychology and the natural sciences.
Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 13, 2017 2 facts
Resolving the evolutionary paradox of consciousness link.springer.com Apr 1, 2024 1 fact
perspectiveTheorists proposing solutions to the problem of adaptive-seeming correlations, such as theism or panagentialism, hold views that are at odds with naturalism about the mind.
Six Theories of Consciousness - Mind Matters mindmatters.ai Mar 2, 2026 1 fact
claimThe author of the Mind Matters article asserts that the first four theories of consciousness presented are based on naturalism and assume that humans are biological computers interacting with the world.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
claimThe key difficulty in the philosophy of consciousness is explaining the generation of consciousness by 'mere matter' in naturalistic terms.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 9, 1999 1 fact
claimPractitioners of virtue epistemology tend to recognize the importance of empirical findings about cognition and inquiry, partly due to a predilection for naturalism and because virtue epistemology is a normative discipline that accepts a version of the "ought implies can" principle.
The Conscious Mind - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
perspectiveDavid Chalmers rejects materialism but embraces naturalism, meaning he believes reality is governed in full by fundamental laws of nature rather than exclusively by the laws of physics.
Dualism, Physicalism, and Philosophy of Mind - Capturing Christianity capturingchristianity.com Dec 11, 2019 1 fact
claimAlexander Rosenberg argues that naturalism requires rejecting the existence of right and wrong, beliefs, wants, thoughts, hopes, fears, expectations, purposive action, and linguistic meaning.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers's definition of the hard problem of consciousness presupposes five hypotheses: (A) Consciousness (Q) exists, (B) The physical (P) exists, (C) Naturalism counts, or Q and P are naturally and lawfully correlated, (D) Q is not reducible to P, and (E) P is not reducible to Q.