Semantic inferentialism and the evolutionary argument against naturalism

James Collin

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Alvin Plantinga's evolutionary argument against naturalism makes the case that the conjunction of evolutionary theory and naturalism cannot be rationally believed, as, if both evolutionary theory and naturalism were true, it would be highly unlikely that our cognitive faculties are reliable. I present Plantinga's evolutionary argument against naturalism and survey a theory of meaning espoused by Robert Brandom, known as semantic inferentialism. I argue that if one accepts semantic inferentialism, as it is developed by Brandom, then Plantinga's motivation for the evolutionary argument against naturalism is undermined.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)846–856
JournalPhilosophy Compass
Volume8
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Sept 2013

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