Pragmatic commitments to naturalized epistemology

Abstract

This essay explores numerous and complicated naturalized epistemology against the background of pragmatism. We distinguish three programmes of naturalized epistemology: strong, moderate, and weak. By considering commitments of pragmatism on which different programmes depend, we point out the close-knit relationship between pragmatism and naturalized epistemology. We also illustrate the essential origin of today s controversy over naturalized epistemology and predict the uptrend of naturalized epistemology.