The Normative and the Natural
Drawing on a rich pragmatist tradition, this book offers an account of the different kinds of ‘oughts’, or varieties of normativity, that we are subject to contends that there is no conflict between normativity and the world as science describes it.
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N O R M AT I V E AND THE
N AT U R A L M I C H A E L P. W O L F A N D JEREMY RANDEL KOONS
The Normative and the Natural
Michael P. Wolf • Jeremy Randel Koons
The Normative and the Natural
Michael P. Wolf Washington, PA, USA
Jeremy Randel Koons Doha, Qatar
ISBN 978-3-319-33686-2 ISBN 978-3-319-33687-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33687-9
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Acknowledgments
Much of our work on this book over the last four years has been done at a great distance with the help of various forms of technology. This is the way of things when the person with whom you share the strongest sense of scholarly purpose lives 11,000 km and several time zones away. Reaching a point where we could write such a work was never a solitary affair, however, and we have benefited from the guidance and collegiality of numerous philosophers, scientists, and other scholars over the years. Among those who have been wonderful colleagues who offered one or both of us support and insight in recent years are David Beisecker, Ron Bayline, Donald Bruckner, Helen Daly, Willem DeVries, Geoff Georgi, Matthias Kiesselbach, Hanna Kim, Lorin Lachs, Mark Norris Lance, Steven Levine, Chauncey Maher, Peter Olen, Michael Oliver, Gregg Osborne, Adam Podlaskowski, Michael Robinson, and Carl Sachs. The advice of Carole Sargent was invaluable in coaxing grown-up, professional behavior out of the two of us, as was the guidance offered by Matthew McAdam. Emily Golling also provided valuable editorial assistance in preparing the manuscript. In preparing this manuscript, we benefited enormously from the support of G
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