Normativity, naturalism and perspectivity

Philosophical Explorations 3 (2):138 – 151 (2000)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Normative links have been considered a problem for reductionist theories of mind, primarily because of lack of isomorphism between intentional and non-intentional conceptual schemes. The paper suggests a more radical tension between normative rationality and scientific naturalism. Normative explanations involve the recognition that agents are also subjects of experience. The distinctive form of intelligibility they bestow requires engagement with such subjectivity.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,221

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Is meaning normative?Anandi Hattiangadi - 2006 - Mind and Language 21 (2):220-240.
Epistemology as Engineering?Chase B. Wrenn - 2006 - Theoria 72 (1):60-79.
Normativity and Scientific Naturalism in Sellars’ ‘Janus‐Faced’ Space of Reasons.James R. O’Shea - 2010 - International Journal of Philosophical Studies 18 (3):459-471.
Normativity in Quine's naturalism: The technology of truth-seeking? [REVIEW]Wybo Houkes - 2002 - Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 33 (2):251-267.

Analytics

Added to PP
2009-01-28

Downloads
74 (#201,995)

6 months
2 (#658,848)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Kathleen Lennon
University of Hull

Citations of this work

Naturalizing and interpretive turns in epistemology.Kathleen Lennon - 2003 - International Journal of Philosophical Studies 11 (3):245 – 259.

Add more citations

References found in this work

The Language of Thought.Jerry A. Fodor - 1975 - Harvard University Press.
The View From Nowhere.Thomas Nagel - 1986 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Mind and World.John Henry McDowell - 1994 - Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Inquiries Into Truth And Interpretation.Donald Davidson - 1984 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press.

View all 33 references / Add more references