Debunking Arguments
What are debunking arguments? How are they defended? And how are they attacked? Does the evolutionary debunking argument against moral realism work? Here I explore these questions and more.Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreasonIf you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmidOUTLINE0:00 Intro2:00 Debunking arguments3:05 Varieties of debunking arguments11:22 Structure of debunking arguments17:49 Explanatory premise19:30 Epistemic premise21:01 Categories of response23:35 Explanationist responses24:57 Alethic28:29 Doxastic29:42 Minimalist responses31:37 Indirect defense33:56 Unstable minimalism35:35 Stable minimalism39:33 Third factor response44:03 Plenitudinist response46:00 Direct defense55:55 Overgeneralization responses58:32 Moorean responses1:02:49 Summary1:04:17 Flowchart1:09:29 ConclusionRESOURCES(1) Korman (2019), "Debunking Arguments", https://philarchive.org/archive/KORDA-2(2) Dan Korman's other papers on debunking arguments can be found here: https://danielzkorman.weebly.com/papers-and-books.html(2) Wielenberg (2016), "Ethics and Evolutionary Theory", https://philpapers.org/rec/WIEEAE-4(3) My Metaethics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkbIsKrv640jcBmNCFbU-ZQy(4) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2THE USUAL...Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvHJoin the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreasonMy website: https://josephschmid.comMy PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid