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 humanities * Explores the historical development of naturalism and its ascension to the dominant orthodoxy in the Western academy * Juxtaposes theoretical criticisms with impassioned defenses, encapsulating contemporary debates on naturalism * Includes discussions of metaphysics, realism, feminism, science, knowledge, truth, mathematics, free will, and ethics viewed through a naturalist lens