Thursday 11
Different Facets of Evolutionary Psychology A (submitted papers)

› 9:30 - 10:00 (30min)
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Birds Trust Their Wings, Sharks Their Teeth, and Humans Their Minds: The Critical Intelligence Argument Against Naturalism
John Mizzoni  1@  
1 : Neumann University  -  Website
One Neumann Drive Aston, PA 19014 -  United States

 

In this paper I discuss John Haught's `critical intelligence' argument against naturalism. First I outline Haught's version of theistic evolution. Then I discuss the case he makes against naturalism with his `critical intelligence' argument. He uses two versions of the argument to make his case: a trustworthiness of critical intelligence argument and an ineffectiveness of naturalistic theories of the mind argument. I evaluate both versions of his `critical intelligence' argument against naturalism, and find that both versions contain false premises, and thus come up short in making a strong case against naturalism.



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