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Offers a unique contribution to the literature on epistemological naturalism in Quine's tradition
Located at the intersection of epistemology, metaphilosophy, and philosophy of science
Provides a novel argument for the claim that epistemological naturalists are committed to scientific realism
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
At the intersection of epistemology, metaphilosophy, and philosophy of science, this exciting new book examines the epistemic limits of empirical science. It makes a unique contribution to research on epistemological naturalism in Quine’s tradition by criticizing the position based on first-order data from empirical psychology and the history of natural science. This way, it meets the naturalist on their own ground not only regarding subject matter, but also regarding their epistemic methods. The book explores the works of a variety of philosophers in the field, including W. V. Quine, Penelope Maddy, Tyler Burge, Stathis Psillos and Howard Sankey.
By carefully considering experimental results from behaviourism as well as developmental and perceptual psychology, Gubelmann finds that none of these disciplines can furnish the epistemic means to successfully naturalize the central cognitive preconditions of scientific theorizing. Furthermore, Gubelmann presents novel arguments for the claims that epistemological naturalists are committed to scientific realism, and that they are unable to defend this position. Based on these results, Gubelmann concludes that epistemology is not part of empirical science, which directly contradicts epistemological naturalism.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Reto Gubelmann
About the author
Reto Gubelmann is a part-time lecturer in Philosophy at the Universities of Zurich, Switzerland, and St.Gallen, Switzerland, and head of program development at the University of St.Gallen. He specializes in epistemology, metaphilosophy, philosophy of science, and Quine.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Science-Based Critique of Epistemological Naturalism in Quine’s Tradition
Authors: Reto Gubelmann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24524-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24523-8Published: 08 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24526-9Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24524-5Published: 27 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 286
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science