Foreground and background: an interview with Peter Singer and three arguments against naturalism

The first part of this paper reports an interview with the philosopher Peter Singer. In the second, we examine Singer's background: naturalism and neurophilosophy, discussing three of its theses, as presented by Patricia Smith Churchland. Finally, we go back to Singer himself, to draw some conc...

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Published inFunctional neurology Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 211 - 214
Main Author Loffi, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy CIC Edizioni Internazionali 01.10.2017
Subjects
Animal rights movement
Ethics
Naturalism
Neurosciences
Pain
Philosophers
Philosophy
Reductionism
Religion
Vegetarianism
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Summary:The first part of this paper reports an interview with the philosopher Peter Singer. In the second, we examine Singer's background: naturalism and neurophilosophy, discussing three of its theses, as presented by Patricia Smith Churchland. Finally, we go back to Singer himself, to draw some conclusions.
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ISSN:1971-3274
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1971-3274
DOI:10.11138/FNeur/2017.32.4.211