Naturalism and the Human Condition

Frederick A. Olafson is one of the principal interpreters of the thought of Martin Heidegger in the English-speaking world. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego.

'Professor Olafson's book presents in an evenly paced and philosophically erudite but accessible manner a position that has most important implications for current philosophy of perception and mind in general.' - Professor Alastair Hannay, University of Oslo 'Olafson's work will prove to be a very useful text for students and for a general, non-academic audience. It will join the company of recent works by Anglo-American philosophers which, in various ways, offer up some resistance to the current dominance of scientific naturalism.' - David R. Cerbone, West Virginia University

• Chapter 1 Naturalism in Historical Perspective; Chapter 2 Naturalism, Dualism, and the Natural Attitude; Chapter 3 The Rejection of the Given and the Eclipse of Presence; Chapter 4 The Substitution of Language for Presence; Chapter 5 What does the Brain do?; Chapter 6 Human Being as the Place of Truth; Chapter 7 Conclusion;