Introduction

Abstract

Naturalism is definitely the flavour of the month in analytical philosophy — indeed, of the last three decades or so. From W.V.O. Quine to Sir Peter Strawson, Jerry Fodor to John McDowell, Jaegwon Kim to Donald Davidson — everyone wants to be in on the naturalism act. This book is not an exception to that trend, but it is only partly concerned with an articulation and defence of a naturalistic philosophical position. The main arguments of the book ride on the naturalistic wave and seek to draw some significant and perhaps unexpected consequences of doing so.