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- Title
Meta-normative Realism, Evolution, and Our Reasons to Survive.
- Authors
Behrends, Jeff
- Abstract
In this article, I articulate and respond to an epistemological challenge to meta-normative realism. The challenge has it that, if realism about the normative is correct, and if evolutionary forces have significantly influenced our normative judgments, then it would be a remarkable coincidence if the content of the normative facts and our normative judgments were aligned. I criticize David Enoch's recent attempt to meet this challenge, but provide an alternative response that is structurally similar. I argue that if realism is correct, then it would be remarkable if the content of our normative judgments and the normative facts were not significantly aligned.
- Subjects
REALISM; EVOLUTIONARY theories; THEORY of knowledge; ENOCH, David; STRUCTURALISM; NOMINALISM; FACTS (Philosophy)
- Publication
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 2013, Vol 94, Issue 4, p486
- ISSN
0279-0750
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/papq.12010