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
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© 2014 William S. Robinson, published by Sciendo
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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 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.