Dr Paul Giladi pg30@soas.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
In this paper, I propose a programme for future critical responses to naturalism. The paper is divided into two principal parts. In Part I, after providing a topography of contemporary critical approaches to the Placement Problem, which is the operational logic of naturalism, I provide an overview of a burgeoning critical response to naturalism, which, to date, may be predominantly individuated by hostility towards the Placement Problem in two interconnected manners: an epistemic concern and a political concern. Part II of the paper focuses on four areas of future research on critical responses to naturalism arising from themes identified in Part I: the first is a challenge set by Antonio Nunziante concerning the historical and political aspects of American humanism and naturalism; the second involves centring and combining decolonial and queer theoretic discursive formations to enhance critical theoretic responses to naturalism; the third emphasises the need to put Hegel and Otto Neurath in direct conversation about anti-foundationalism, pragmatism, and the (dis)unity of science, in part to dismantle the long-standing hostility between Hegelians and logical empiricists; the fourth is on the subject of developing a critique of sexology’s scientific naturalist framework for making sense of sexual arousal.
Giladi, P. (2021). Prolegomenon to Any Future Critical Responses to Naturalism. Filosofický časopis, 2021(3), 75-94. https://doi.org/10.46854/fc.2021.3s75
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 1, 2021 |
Publication Date | Dec 1, 2021 |
Deposit Date | Sep 8, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 8, 2023 |
Journal | Filosoficky Casopis |
Print ISSN | 0015-1831 |
Electronic ISSN | 2570-9232 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 2021 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 75-94 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.46854/fc.2021.3s75 |
Keywords | scientific naturalism, critical social theory, alienation, power, Placement Problem |
Publisher URL | https://filcasop.flu.cas.cz/en/special-issues/73-michal-chabada-robert-maco-eds-varieties-of-naturalism-in-contemporary-philosophy |
Additional Information | Additional Information : Special Issue of The Philosophical Journal |
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