Prolegomenon to Any Future Critical Responses to Naturalism

Giladi, Paul

Abstract

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.

Citation

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
• 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