A Plea for Natural Philosophy: And Other Essays

by Penelope Maddy

The philosopher Penelope Maddy is well-known for her pursuit of 'Second Philosophy', a form of naturalism that sees the methods of philosophy as indistinguishable from those of the empirical sciences. This volume collects eleven of her recent essays (five new and six reprinted), exploring a wide range of philosophical topics--from methodology, epistemology, and the philosophy of science, to the philosophies of logic, arithmetic, and higher mathematics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197508855
• ISBN13: 9780197508855
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"