Evolutionary debunking arguments

• Titel: Evolutionary debunking arguments
• Titelzusatz: ethics, philosophy of religion, philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, and epistemology
• Mitwirkende: Machuca, Diego E. [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Diego E. Machuca
• Verlagsort: New York ; London
• Verlag: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: xi, 368 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy
• ISBN: 978-0-367-45844-7
• ISBN: 978-1-032-33423-3
• Schlagwörter: (s)Analytische Wissenschaftstheorie / (s)Ethik / (s)Moral / (s)Religion / (s)Metaphysik / (s)Wissenschaftstheorie / (s)Erkenntnistheorie
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Evolutionary debunking arguments. - New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. - 1 online resource (xi, 368 Seiten)
• RVK-Notation: CC 4400
• K10plus-PPN: 1809995442

Abstract

"Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in evolutionary debunking arguments directed against certain types of belief, particularly moral and religious beliefs. According to those arguments, the evolutionary origins of the cognitive mechanisms that produce the targeted beliefs render these beliefs epistemically unjustified. The reason is that natural selection cares for reproduction and survival rather than truth, and false beliefs can in principle be as evolutionarily advantageous as true beliefs. The present volume brings together fourteen essays that examine evolutionary debunking arguments not only in ethics and philosophy of religion, but also in philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, and epistemology. The essays move forward research on those arguments by shedding fresh light on old problems and proposing new lines of inquiry. The book will appeal to scholars and graduate students interested in the possible skeptical implications of evolutionary theory in any of the above domains"