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Nietzsche's Naturalism: Philosophy and the Life Sciences in the Nineteenth Century
Christian J. Emden
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TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of philosophical naturalism in morality can be found, including three kinds of naturalism: philosophy, experiment, and scientific practice, and a history of normativity.
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Abstract: Introduction Part I. Varieties of Philosophical Naturalism: 1. Introduction 2. The neo-Kantian stance 3. Nietzsche's 'anti-Darwinism'? 4. Psychology, experiment, and scientific practice 5. Three kinds of naturalism Part II. Evolution and the Limits of Teleology: 6. Introduction 7. Problems with purpose 8. The politics of progress 9. Naturalizing Kant 10. Genealogy and path dependence Part III. Genealogy, Nature, and Normativity: 11. Introduction 12. 'Darwinism's' metaphysical mistake 13. Living things and the will to power 14. Toward a natural history of normativity 15. 'Naturalism in morality' Bibliography Index.
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