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Focus: the peculiar persistence of the naturalistic fallacy. Introduction.

Author(s): Milam, Erika L.

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Abstract: Although “naturalistic fallacy” is a term coined in the twentieth century, scholars have long voiced myriad anxieties over the mechanisms by which their contemporaries have derived moral, social, and political lessons from natural phenomena—often as gambits for advancing their own alternative explanations. The essays in this Focus section explore five episodes in the history of such concerns with naturalistic reasoning in order to shed new light on the persistence of naturalism itself.
Publication Date: Sep-2014
Citation: Milam, Erika L. "Focus: the peculiar persistence of the naturalistic fallacy. Introduction." Isis 105, no. 3 (2014): 564-568. doi:10.1086/678171.
DOI: doi:10.1086/678171
ISSN: 0021-1753
EISSN: 1545-6994
Pages: 564 - 568
Language: eng
Type of Material: Journal Article
Journal/Proceeding Title: Isis
Version: Final published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy.



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