The Future of Naturalism

Abstract

Includes bibliographical references. Preface / by John Shook and Paul Kurtz -- Part I: What kind of naturalism deserves a future? -- The future of naturalism / Nicholas Rescher -- Reclaiming naturalism / Joseph Margolis -- Advantages and limits of naturalism / Mario Bunge -- Primitive naturalism / John Lachs -- Part II: Can pragmatism assist naturalism? -- Pragmatic natures / Sandra Rosenthal -- The value of pragmatic naturalism / John Ryder -- Wayward naturalism : saving Dewey from himself / Isaac Levi -- The fecundity of naturalism : reflections on Dewey's methodology / James Gouinlock -- Pragmatism and the naturalization of religion / John Peter Anton -- Part III: Naturalism applied? -- Eupraxsophy and naturalism / Paul Kurtz -- Naturalizing jurisprudence / Brian Leiter -- How knowers emerge and why this is important to future work in naturalized epistemology / Lynn Hankinson Nelson, Jack Nelson -- Naturalism's unfinished project : making philosophy and philosophers more than superficially scientific / Randall Dipert -- Why is there a universe at all, rather than just nothing? / Adolf Grünbaum.