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This volume introduces readers to the dominant scientifically oriented worldview called naturalism. Stewart Goetz and Charles Taliaferro examine naturalism philosophically, evaluating its strengths and weaknesses. Whereas most other books on naturalism are written for professional philosophers alone, this one is aimed primarily at a college-educated audience interested in learning about this...

After we have completed this inquiry, we will consider the idea of non-Cartesian dualism, a view to which we are more intellectually attracted than Cartesian dualism. What is Cartesian dualism? In general terms, it incorporates the following elements: there are two kinds of substances, each with its essential properties. One kind of substance is a body, and its essential properties include being spatial, extended, divisible into substantive parts, and movable. A second kind of substance is a soul
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