Papers Published

1. Rosenberg, A, A Field Guide to Recent Species of Naturalism, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, vol. 47 no. 1 (January, 1996), pp. 1-29, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi].
   (last updated on 2024/04/22)

   Abstract:
   This review of recent work in the philosophy of science motivated by a commitment to 'naturalism' begins by identifying three key axioms and one theorem shared by philosophers thus self-styled. Owing much to Quine and Ernest Nagel, these philosophers of science share a common agenda with naturalists elsewhere in philosophy. But they have disagreed among themselves about how the axioms and the theorems they share settle long-standing disputes in the philosophy of science. After expounding these disagreements in the work of Boyd, Giere, Laudan, and Kitcher, I argue that naturalism needs to look for more than mere consistency in its foundations.