The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism provides a systematic introduction to philosophical naturalism and its relation to other schools of thought. Features contributions from an international array of established and emerging scholars from across the humanitiesExplores the historical development of naturalism and its ascension to the dominant orthodoxy in the Western academyJuxtaposes theoretical criticisms with impassioned defenses, encapsulating contemporary debates on naturalismIncludes discussions of metaphysics, realism, feminism, science, knowledge, truth, mathematics, free will, and ethics viewed through a naturalist lens