Scepticism and Naturalism: Hume, Wittgenstein, Strawson

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73287-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Brill Studies in Skepticism

In this volume, a group of scholars from moral philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, and the history of philosophy explore the idea of naturalism as it occurs in the celebrated responses to scepticism offered by David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and P.F. Strawson. Philosophers have long been puzzled by the fact that each of these figures approaches scepticism by emphasising certain general facts about human nature. There has also been a debate over how these philosophers’ discussions of scepticism were shaped by their wider views on naturalism as a philosophical orientation that prioritises the natural sciences. This is the first volume to offer a comprehensive and comparative exploration of the guiding themes of scepticism and naturalism in the work of these three great figures.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hyman, John

Thorne, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors

Introduction John Hyman and Michael Thorne

1 Hume, Naturalism and Scepticism: Rejecting an Influential Narrative Peter Millican

2 ‘Doubt Gradually Loses Its Sense’—or Why Wittgenstein Is Not a Fallibilist Genia Schönbaumsfeld

3 Strawson, Scepticism and the Natural Roots of Responsibility Benjamin De Mesel

4 Strawson on the Matter of Meaning Severin Schroeder

5 Strawson’s Relativizing Move—a Futile Gambit? Hans-Johann Glock

6 Relativism and Transcendental Naturalism Carol Rovane

7 The Philosophical Possibilities of ‘the Participant Stance’ Akeel Bilgrami

8 Strawson’s Ethical Naturalism: a Defence Pamela Hieronymi

9 Strawson and Virtue Epistemology Ernest Sosa

10 Strawson on Naturalism and Scepticism Penelope Maddy

11 Strawson on Liberal Naturalism, Hume and Wittgenstein: an Appraisal Annalisa Coliva

12 Strawson and Wittgenstein on Hinge Commitments Duncan Pritchard

13 Naturalism and Scepticism: Hume, Wittgenstein, Strawson and Kripke Paul Horwich

14 Scepticism and Naturalism: Strawson, Hume, Wittgenstein Michael Williams

Index

Über Autor(innen)

John Hyman is Grote Chair in Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London and an emeritus fellow of The Queen’s College, Oxford. His publications include The Objective Eye (University of Chicago Press, 2006), Action, Knowledge, and Will (Oxford University Press, 2015), and A Companion to Wittgenstein (Wiley, 2016).

Michael Thorne is a doctoral researcher at University College London with interests in Wittgenstein, epistemology, and moral philosophy. His work has appeared in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly and The Raven.