<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper is a commentary on Joseph Corabi’s “The Misuse and Failure of the Evolutionary Argument”, this Journal, vol. VI, No. 39; pp. 199-227. It defends William James’s formulation of the evolutionary argument against charges such as mishandling of evidence. Although there are ways of attacking James’s argument, it remains formidable, and Corabi’s suggested revision is not an improvement on James’s statement of it.</p></abstract>

This paper is a commentary on Joseph Corabi’s “The Misuse and Failure of the Evolutionary Argument”, this Journal, vol. VI, No. 39; pp. 199-227. It defends William James’s formulation of the evolutionary argument against charges such as mishandling of evidence. Although there are ways of attacking James’s argument, it remains formidable, and Corabi’s suggested revision is not an improvement on James’s statement of it.

James’s Evolutionary Argument

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This paper is a commentary on Joseph Corabi’s “The Misuse and Failure of the Evolutionary Argument”, this Journal, vol. VI, No. 39; pp. 199-227. It defends...

James’s Evolutionary Argument

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 229 - 237

Received: Jun 10, 2014

Accepted: Sep 23, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2014-0014

Keywords
Epiphenomenalism, IBE, physicalism, pleasure, William James

© 2014 William S. Robinson, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

James’s Evolutionary Argument

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 229 - 237

Received: Jun 10, 2014

Accepted: Sep 23, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2014-0014

KeywordsEpiphenomenalism, IBE, physicalism, pleasure, William James

© 2014 William S. Robinson, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Epiphenomenalism, IBE, physicalism, pleasure, William James