Darwin's Doubt Defended: Why Evolution Supports Skepticism.
Since the time of Charles Darwin, there has been concern that the theory of evolution provides fuel for skepticism. This paper presents new arguments that humanity's evolutionary origins are grounds for accepting that the universe is not as it appears to be to us. Firstly, it is argued that we shoul...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Papers Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 81 - 104 |
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