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(2016) Materialism, Dordrecht, Springer.
I reflect here on the diversity of forms of materialism and their possible conceptual unity. Features which seem to be shared across historical and scientific contexts include: anti-foundationalism, anti-essentialism, a willingness to endorse reductionist explanations and of course various combinations of naturalism and programs for "naturalization". In contrast, the relation to scientific experiment and (conversely) to metaphysics is not a stable issue in materialist philosophy.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24820-2_9
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Wolfe, C. (2016). Conclusion, in Materialism, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 125-131.
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