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GOD, VALUE, AND NATURALISM
Author(s) -
Ellis Fiona
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ratio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-9329
pISSN - 0034-0006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9329.2011.00489.x
Subject(s) - naturalism , epistemology , value (mathematics) , relation (database) , focus (optics) , philosophy , monopoly , natural (archaeology) , sociology , economics , mathematics , computer science , physics , archaeology , database , optics , market economy , history , statistics
I consider whether there are philosophical developments which can deepen our understanding of God. I focus upon the relation between experience and physical things and the nature of value. I reject the narrow limits of experience presupposed by the verificationist, and the related monopoly of science on reality. I recommend a conception of reality which is rich enough to accommodate physical things and also the intertwining of value in the natural world. I detect structural similarities between these two problems and the problem of God, and consider how they might be related at the level of content.