Reasons for Resisting Darwinism, and Why They Should Not Be Credited

Plantinga argues that Darwinism implies that we cannot help adopting our apparently reflective beliefs, and that this is a reason for rejecting Darwinism. I argue that similar arguments apparently apply to the beliefs crucial to deliberation, meaningful work, meaningful relationships, meaningful com...

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Autor principal:	Attfield Robin
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	alvin plantinga deterministic darwinism deliberation meaningful work meaningful relationships human communication creativity karl popper non-deterministic darwinism mary midgley’s account of evolution theistic evolution Religion (General) BL1-50
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2438bd9536294d9d821be74c1881c7fe2021-12-05T14:11:01ZReasons for Resisting Darwinism, and Why They Should Not Be Credited2300-657910.1515/opth-2020-0153https://doaj.org/article/2438bd9536294d9d821be74c1881c7fe2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2020-0153https://doaj.org/toc/2300-6579Plantinga argues that Darwinism implies that we cannot help adopting our apparently reflective beliefs, and that this is a reason for rejecting Darwinism. I argue that similar arguments apparently apply to the beliefs crucial to deliberation, meaningful work, meaningful relationships, meaningful communication and creativity. But these arguments apply to deterministic versions of Darwinism only. Cogent non-deterministic versions have been propounded by Popper, Rose, Lewontin, Ward and Miller (those of Ward and Miller being theistic versions). These versions are presented, as is Midgley’s account of how evolution has endowed us with a mix of desires that prepare the way for choice. Plantinga-type arguments pose no problem for such non-deterministic Darwinisms.Attfield RobinDe Gruyterarticlealvin plantingadeterministic darwinismdeliberationmeaningful workmeaningful relationshipshuman communicationcreativitykarl poppernon-deterministic darwinismmary midgley’s account of evolutiontheistic evolutionReligion (General)BL1-50ENOpen Theology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 129-139 (2021)
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description	Plantinga argues that Darwinism implies that we cannot help adopting our apparently reflective beliefs, and that this is a reason for rejecting Darwinism. I argue that similar arguments apparently apply to the beliefs crucial to deliberation, meaningful work, meaningful relationships, meaningful communication and creativity. But these arguments apply to deterministic versions of Darwinism only. Cogent non-deterministic versions have been propounded by Popper, Rose, Lewontin, Ward and Miller (those of Ward and Miller being theistic versions). These versions are presented, as is Midgley’s account of how evolution has endowed us with a mix of desires that prepare the way for choice. Plantinga-type arguments pose no problem for such non-deterministic Darwinisms.
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Reasons for Resisting Darwinism, and Why They Should Not Be Credited

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