Naturalism in the Continental Tradition

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-5-2016

Abstract

We begin by treating the antinaturalism of Edmund Husserl's phenomenology, and follow that by considering the recent project of "naturalizing phenomenology." As a transitional figure, we treat Hans Jonas and the weakly emergent status he allows organismic life. In a section on "affirmative naturalism," we treat Friedrich Nietzsche, Henri Bergson, and Gilles Deleuze, emphasizing their relation to Spinoza's ethics of joy. We conclude by considering the antinaturalism of continental philosophy positions in critical race theory (Linda Alcoff), gender theory (Judith Butler), and disability studies (Shelley Tremain).

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism

First Page

34

Last Page

48

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