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Zusatztext The book is excellent: the thesis is refreshing, the presentation clear and forthright, the argumentation careful, the research thorough and informed. It contains a wealth of material that should appeal to far more readers than those of us who are already susceptible to second philosophy. It presents the best exploration and defence of naturalism I know of. Klappentext Many philosophers these days consider themselves naturalists, but it's doubtful any two of them intend the same position by the term. Here Penelope Maddy proposes a particularly austere form of naturalism called 'Second Philosophy'. Using the persona of an idealized inquirer - the 'Second Philosopher' - she constructs a properly second-philosophical line of thought which she then practises in reflections on the ground of logical truth, the methodology, ontology and epistemology of mathematics, and the general prospects for metaphysics naturalized. Zusammenfassung Proposes an austere form of naturalism called 'Second Philosophy'. This book, using the persona of an idealized inquirer, constructs a second-philosophical line of thought which is practised in reflections on the ground of logical truth, the methodology, ontology and epistemology of mathematics, and general prospects for metaphysics naturalized. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Part I: What is Second Philosophy? 1: Descartes' first philosophy 2: Neo-Cartesian skepticism 3: Hume's naturalism 4: Kant's transcendentalism 5: Carnap's rational reconstruction 6: Quine's naturalism 7: Putnam's anti-naturalism Part II: The Second Philosopher at Work 8: What's left to do? 9: An illustration: truth and reference 10: Reconfiguring the debate 11: Disquotation 12: Minimalism 13: Correlation Part III: A Second Philosophy of Logic 14: Naturalistic options 15: Kant on logic 16: Undoing the Copernican revolution 17: The logical structure of the world 18: The logical structure of cognition 19: The status of rudimentary logic 20: From rudimentary to classical logic 21: Caveats Part IV: Second Philosophy and Mathematics 22: Second philosophy of science 23: Mathematics in application 24: Second methodology of mathematics 25: Second philosophy of mathematics 26: Second metaphysics Bibliography ...
