Deem, Michael (2016) Dehorning the Darwinian Dilemma for Normative Realism. [Preprint]
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Normative realists tend to consider evolutionary debunking arguments as posing epistemological challenges to their view. By understanding Sharon Street's 'Darwinian dilemma' argument in this way, they have overlooked and left unanswered her unique scientific challenge to normative realism. This paper counters Street's scientific challenge and shows that normative realism is compatible with evolutionary views of human evaluative judgment. After presenting several problems that her Adaptive Link Account (ALA) of evaluative judgments faces, I outline and defend an evolutionary byproduct perspective on evaluative judgment. I then argue that a consideration of levels of analysis in biological-behavioral explanation suggests that the realist who adopts the byproduct perspective I outline is not at a prima facie disadvantage to the normative anti-realist on grounds of parsimony. This perspective, I suggest, can enable normative realists to answer evolutionary challenges to their view.
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| Additional Information: | This is a preprint of a paper whose final and definitive form will be published in Biology and Philosophy. | ||||||
| Keywords: | Evolutionary Debunking Arguments, Levels of Analysis, Evolution of Morality, Normative Realism | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory General Issues > Ethical Issues |
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| Depositing User: | Michael Deem | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2016 01:23 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2016 01:23 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 12084 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory General Issues > Ethical Issues |
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| Date: | 2016 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12084 |
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