Naturalism and the Experiential Perspective

Abstract

The article discusses varieties of naturalism and the fundamental disagreement about reductionism versus perspectivism. The central part of the article focuses on Andrej Ule’s idea about experiential perspective and the possibility of naturalizing the mind. I must confess I am not able to pin down all his suggestions about how to accommodate experiential perspectivity in nature, but I certainly find his ideas thought-provoking and inspiring.

Keywords

• naturalism
• consciousness
• experience
• reductionism
• philosophy of cognitive science