Chatting about the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism @JamesFodor

Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

In this stream I chat with a listener V about Plantinga's Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism. We focus on his arguments in favour of the Defeater Thesis, the various thought experiments Plantinga offer in favour of this premise, and ways of responding to these thought experiments. In the process we discuss the meaning of 'cognitive reliability', semantic epiphenominalism, and the status of thought experiments.

Link to argument summary:
maverick-christian.org/2013/05/evolutionary-argument-against-naturalism.html

Chatting about the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism

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