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The problem of the naturalist fallacy for evolutionary ethics
"... One of the most difficult problems for those who defend evolutionary ethics is the naturalist fallacy. In this article, we examine the solutions proposed by W. Rottschaefer and R. Richards. We believe that these solutions are not good enough to completely eliminate the problem of the naturalist fall ..."
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One of the most difficult problems for those who defend evolutionary ethics is the naturalist fallacy. In this article, we examine the solutions proposed by W. Rottschaefer and R. Richards. We believe that these solutions are not good enough to completely eliminate the problem of the naturalist
NOTES AND COMMENTARY HAYEK, LOGIC, AND THE NATURALISTIC FALLACY BY
"... “I have no intention to commit what is often called the genetic or naturalistic fallacy,” ..."
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“I have no intention to commit what is often called the genetic or naturalistic fallacy,”
Did Hayek Commit the Naturalistic Fallacy
- Journal of the History of Economic Thought
, 2004
"... Forest University. I thank the participants at both conferences for their constructive comments. I am particularly grateful to David M. Levy, who organized the first meeting, and to Bruce J. Caldwell, who served as a commentator at the second. As always, errors remain my own. ..."
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Forest University. I thank the participants at both conferences for their constructive comments. I am particularly grateful to David M. Levy, who organized the first meeting, and to Bruce J. Caldwell, who served as a commentator at the second. As always, errors remain my own.
Original Article Who’s Afraid of the Naturalistic Fallacy?
"... Abstract: David Hume argued that values are the projections of natural human desires, and that moral values are the projections of desires that aim at the common good of society. Recent developments in game theory, evolutionary biology, animal behaviour and neuroscience explain why humans have such ..."
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such desires, and hence provide support for a Humean approach to moral psychology and moral philosophy. However, few philosophers have been willing to pursue this naturalistic approach to ethics for fear that it commits something called ‘the naturalistic fallacy’. This paper reviews several versions
Original Article On the Naturalistic Fallacy: A Conceptual Basis for Evolutionary Ethics
"... Abstract: In debates concerning evolutionary approaches to ethics the Naturalistic Fallacy (i.e., deriving values from facts or “ought ” from “is”) is often invoked as a constraining principle. For example, Stephen Jay Gould asserts the most that evolutionary studies can hope to do is set out the co ..."
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Abstract: In debates concerning evolutionary approaches to ethics the Naturalistic Fallacy (i.e., deriving values from facts or “ought ” from “is”) is often invoked as a constraining principle. For example, Stephen Jay Gould asserts the most that evolutionary studies can hope to do is set out
Original Article The Anti-naturalistic Fallacy: Evolutionary Moral Psychology and the
"... Abstract: The naturalistic fallacy and Hume’s ‘law ’ are frequently appealed to for the purpose of drawing limits around the scope of scientific inquiry into ethics and morality. These two objections are shown to be without force. Thus two highly influential obstacles are removed from naturalizing e ..."
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Abstract: The naturalistic fallacy and Hume’s ‘law ’ are frequently appealed to for the purpose of drawing limits around the scope of scientific inquiry into ethics and morality. These two objections are shown to be without force. Thus two highly influential obstacles are removed from naturalizing
Exploring the Effects of the Naturalistic Fallacy: Evidence That Genetic Explanations Increase the Acceptability of Killing and Male Promiscuity
"... The naturalistic fallacy is the erroneous belief that what is natural is morally accept-able. Two studies assessed whether people commit the naturalistic fallacy by testing whether genetic explanations for killing and male promiscuity, as compared to experiential explanations (i.e., learning/“nurtur ..."
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The naturalistic fallacy is the erroneous belief that what is natural is morally accept-able. Two studies assessed whether people commit the naturalistic fallacy by testing whether genetic explanations for killing and male promiscuity, as compared to experiential explanations (i.e., learning
Biology and Philosophy 18: 669–682, 2003. © 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.
, 2002
"... On the inappropriate use of the naturalistic fallacy in evolutionary psychology ..."
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On the inappropriate use of the naturalistic fallacy in evolutionary psychology
,SOME FALLACIES CONCERNING FLORIDA
"... Incorrect &ssuDptions, perceptions and ideas often become so inter-twined with actual situations that through time the truth seems less factual than the folklore. Florida, being inaccessible until almost the 20th centu~y, fostered many perceptions and ideas that were later proved incorrect. Even ..."
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. Even until recently geological and popular historical literature contained several fallacies that still find their way into present-day literature and conversa-tion. Four of theBe fallacies are examined here (Fig. 1, cover). Florida--A Coral Formation One of the more interesting of the fallacies
Chapter 7 Does Analytical Moral Naturalism Rest on a Mistake?
"... More than a century ago, G. E. Moore famously attempted to refute all versions of moral naturalism by offering an extended inference consisting of the open question argument followed by the charge that moral naturalism commits a “naturalistic fallacy. ” Although there is consensus that this extended ..."
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More than a century ago, G. E. Moore famously attempted to refute all versions of moral naturalism by offering an extended inference consisting of the open question argument followed by the charge that moral naturalism commits a “naturalistic fallacy. ” Although there is consensus
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