Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (An Introduction)

Join us at: To help support this ministry click here: This is a video introducing the argument behind the evolutionary argument against naturalism developed by Alvin Plantinga. It is a remake of an older video: Sources and Notes: - The Virtues by Peter Geach - - - - Breaking the Spell by Daniel Dennett - - Untruth and Consequence by Richard Rorty - Charles Darwin Letter to William Graham - Straw Gods by John Gray - Moral Landscape by Sam Harris (Full quote: “For instance, it is just as true to say that our logical, mathematical, and physical intuitions have not been designed by natural selection to track truth. Does this mean that we must cease to be realists with respect to physical reality? We need not look far in science to find ideas and opinions that defy easy synthesis. There are many scientific frameworks (and levels of description) that resist integration and which divide our discourse into areas of specialization, even pitting Nobel laureates in the same discipline against one another. Does this mean that we can never hope to understand what is really going on in the world? No. It mans the conversation must continue.“) I don't see how saying “the conversation must continue“ avoids the implications of this argument presented in the video. The conversation we would have is not going to track truth to begin with so it doesn't escape the self-defeating circle. To be fair, this wasn't the topic of his book, but his admission in the 'Moral Landscape' is interesting and useful for the EAAN, none the least. - Journal of Philosophy (LXXXIV, Oct. 87) Patricia Churchland - Philosophy by Anthony O'Hear - *If you are caught excessively commenting, being disrespectful, insulting, or derailing then your comments will be removed. If you do not like it you can watch this video: “Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use“ for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.“