Debunking arguments and metaphysical laws
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DOI: 10.1007/s11098-019-01287-z
Abstract: I argue that one’s views about which “metaphysical laws” obtain—including laws about what is identical with what, about what is reducible to what, and about what grounds what—can be used to deflect or neutralize the… read more here.
Keywords: debunking arguments; metaphysical laws; arguments metaphysical;
The epistemology of evolutionary debunking
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-021-03327-w
Abstract: Fifteen years ago, Sharon Street and Richard Joyce advanced evolutionary debunking arguments against moral realism, which purported to show that the evolutionary history of our moral beliefs makes moral realism untenable. These arguments have since… read more here.
Keywords: epistemology evolutionary; evolutionary debunking; moral realism; epistemology ... See more keywords
Defusing the Regress Challenge to Debunking Arguments
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DOI: 10.1017/can.2020.31
Abstract: Abstracts A debunking argument contends that some target moral judgments were produced by unreliable processes and concludes that such judgments are unjustified. Debunking arguments face a regress challenge: to show that a process is unreliable… read more here.
Keywords: regress challenge; challenge; defusing regress; debunking arguments ... See more keywords
Analyzing debunking arguments in moral psychology: Beyond the counterfactual analysis of influence by irrelevant factors
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x18002716
Abstract: Abstract May assumes that if moral beliefs are counterfactually dependent on irrelevant factors, then those moral beliefs are based on defective belief-forming processes. This assumption is false. Whether influence by irrelevant factors is debunking depends… read more here.
Keywords: psychology; irrelevant factors; debunking arguments; influence irrelevant ... See more keywords