The Routledge Handbook of Liberal Naturalism

This is the first collection to present a comprehensive overview of liberal naturalism. Essential reading for students and researchers in all areas of philosophy it will be of particular interest for those studying philosophical naturalism, philosophy of science, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and ethics.

Mario De Caro is Professor of Moral Philosophy at Roma Tre University, Italy, and regularly Visiting Professor at Tufts University, USA. He has published five volumes in Italian and edited Interpretations and Causes. New Perspectives on Donald Davidson's Philosophy (1999), Hilary Putnam's volume Naturalism, Realism, and Normativity (2016) and, with Maria Silvia Vaccarezza, Practical Wisdom: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives (Routledge, 2021). David Macarthur is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has co-edited three collections with Mario De Caro: Naturalism in Question (2004), Naturalism and Normativity (2010), and Philosophy in an Age of Science: Physics, Mathematics, and Skepticism (2012). He is editor of Pragmatism as a Way of Life: The Lasting Legacy of William James and John Dewey (2017).

Introduction Mario De Caro and David Macarthur Part 1: Historical Naturalisms and their Relation to Liberal Naturalism 1. Aristotle and Liberal Naturalism Riccardo Chiaradonna 2. Spinoza and Liberal Naturalism Alex Douglas 3. Hume and Liberal Naturalism Benedict Smith 4. Kant on Nature and Humanity Allen Wood 5. Nietzsche's Naturalism: Neither Liberal Nor Illiberal Brian Leiter 6. Husserlian Phenomenology and Liberal Naturalism Andrea Staiti 7. Merleau-Ponty and Liberal Naturalism Jack Reynolds 8. Classical Pragmatism and Liberal Naturalism Steven Levine Part 2: Theoretical Cousins of Liberal Naturalism 9. Quine's Naturalism: Neither "Reductive" Nor "Liberal" Garry Ebbs 10. Wilfrid Sellars and Liberal Naturalism Willem De Vries 11. Foot and Liberal Naturalism Gabriele De Anna 12. Bernard Williams's Liberal Naturalism Sophie-Grace Chappell 13. Price's Subject Naturalism and Liberal Naturalism Lionel Shapiro 14. Relaxed Naturalism: A Liberating Philosophy of Nature Dan Hutto 15. Liberal or Radical Naturalism Joseph Rouse 16. Naturalism as a Stance Jack Ritchie Part 3: Challenges for Liberal Naturalism 17. Pluralistic Realism and Liberal Naturalism Mario De Caro 18. Liberal Naturalism and God Fiona Ellis 19. Taylor and Liberal Naturalism Nicholas Smith 20. Can Selves be Naturalized? The Problem of Temporal Perspective Patrick Stokes 21. Liberal Naturalism, Ontological Commitment and Explanation Matteo Morganti 22. Naturalism with Chinese Characteristics Barry Allen Part 4: Applications of Liberal Naturalism 23. Aesthetics and Liberal Naturalism: Art Up Close and Personal David Macarthur 24. Liberal Naturalism, Aesthetic Reflection and the Sublime Jennifer A. McMahon 25. Philosophy of Perception and Liberal Naturalism Thomas Raleigh 26. Ethics and Liberal Naturalism Hans Fink 27. Kantian Constitutivism and the Naturalistic Challenge Carla Bagnoli 28. The Rational Wolf: Moral Philosophy as Key to McDowell's Liberal Naturalism Sofia Miguens 29. Rawls and Liberal Naturalism Paul Patton 30. Scientific Naturalism and Normative Explanation Robert Audi 31. Scientism and Liberal Naturalism Massimo Pigliucci 32. Liberal Naturalism and the Foundations of Psychoanalysis Talia Morag 33. Actualism as a Form of Liberal Naturalism Paul Redding 34. Critical Naturalism for the Human Sciences Daniel Andler 35. Jürgen Habermas and Liberal Naturalism Paul Giladi 36. Strawson and Non-Revisionary Naturalism Hans-Johann Glock 37. Hilary Putnam and Liberal Naturalism Massimo Dell'Utri. Index