Preface and Introduction
1 Evolutionary Naturalism
The manifest image
The scientific image
Kant metaphysical dualism
Evolutionary epistemology
2 Evolution and Human Cognition
The Darwinian legacy. Setting the legacy straight
A fallacy of naturalization
Intention and innate dispositions
3 Sensation, Perception, and Observation
Perception as belief acquisition
From perception to observation
Theory-ladenness
Instrumental observation
Observability
4 Theory and Reality
Forms of realism
Conceptual frameworks and external commitments
Theory realism
The success argument
Constructive empiricism
Structural realism
The failure of representationalism
5 Truth, Language, and Objectivity
What is truth?
Truth and meaning
Non-realism concerning Truth
A naturalized notion of truth
Semantics and ontology
6 Abstraction and Reification
Common sense and externality
What makes an entity abstract?
Abstract objects versus abstracted concepts
Why did abstracted concepts evolve?
7 In Defence of Nominalism
Concrete, artificial, and nominal particulars
Particulars and universals
Conceptualism
8 Space, Time, and Space-time
The existence of Space
The existence of Time
Space-time substantivalism
Space-time relationism
Space-time as an abstracted concept
Are space and time invented or discovered?
9 Causality and Counterfactuality
The concept
Regularity
Modality
10 Human Evolution and Mathematical Physics
Mathematics and representational knowledge
Mathematics
the language of quantities
Possible worlds, many worlds and multiverses
The Copenhagen interpretation: a non-representational view
11 Conclusion
Bibliography.