Single Idea 3509

[catalogued under 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 5. Naturalism]

Full Idea

Some people view an externalist approach to epistemology as the essence of philosophical naturalism.

Gist of Idea

Externalism may be the key idea in philosophical naturalism

Source

David Papineau (Philosophical Naturalism [1993], Intro)

Book Reference

Papineau,David: 'Philosophical Naturalism' [Blackwell 1993], p.1


A Reaction

I suspect philosophers avoid psychology and mental events, simply because they are elusive. Externalism is a theory about justification, and independent of naturalism as a metaphysic.