Debunking Arguments

What are debunking arguments? How are they defended? And how are they attacked? Does the evolutionary debunking argument against moral realism work? Here I explore these questions and more. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Intro 2:00 Debunking arguments 3:05 Varieties of debunking arguments 11:22 Structure of debunking arguments 17:49 Explanatory premise 19:30 Epistemic premise 21:01 Categories of response 23:35 Explanationist responses 24:57 Alethic 28:29 Doxastic 29:42 Minimalist responses 31:37 Indirect defense 33:56 Unstable minimalism 35:35 Stable minimalism 39:33 Third factor response 44:03 Plenitudinist response 46:00 Direct defense 55:55 Overgeneralization responses 58:32 Moorean responses 1:02:49 Summary 1:04:17 Flowchart 1:09:29 Conclusion RESOURCES (1) Korman (2019), "Debunking Arguments", https://philarchive.org/archive/KORDA-2 (2) Dan Korman's other papers on debunking arguments can be found here: https://danielzkorman.weebly.com/papers-and-books.html (2) Wielenberg (2016), "Ethics and Evolutionary Theory", https://philpapers.org/rec/WIEEAE-4 (3) My Metaethics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkbIsKrv640jcBmNCFbU-ZQy (4) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 THE USUAL... Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvH Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreason My website: https://josephschmid.com My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid