A Naturalistic Introduction to Philosophy: An Understanding of the Discipline of Naturalistic Studies and Its Relationship with Philosophy, Naturalism, Paperback

A Naturalistic Introduction to Philosophy introduces several crucial topics required for Philosophy 101 sections, as well as basic definitions and concepts that all freshman must know to be successful in learning philosophy, in a more systematic and methodical way. Although the main objective of the book remains to highlight the differences between traditional philosophy and naturalistic philosophy, several philosophical disciplines such as Ethics, Metaphysics and Epistemology are discussed from a naturalistic point of view, including a side-by-side comparison, contrasting methodological differences between a naturalistic approach and "the traditional approach," resulting in a deeper understanding of Euro-centrism and its claims.

About the Author:

Professor Amir Salehi has a PhD from the University of Aachen in Germany and an MA in Philosophy from Colorado State University. His areas of research are Analytic Philosophy including; Hume's Empiricism, Quine's Naturalized Epistemology and Kant's Theory of Experience. Professor Salehi has been teaching at the Community College of Baltimore County since 2007 and he is the author of "A Modified Notion of Representative Knowledge by Correspondence," published in the Transcendent Philosophy Journal, December 2006 edition, and "In Defense of Harris's Science of Morality" published in Free Inquiry, August 2013 edition.