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- W2117973190 abstract "Robert Nozick (1993) has offered an evolutionary account of self evident beliefs that comes into conflict with a realist (Dennett, 1991a) view of beliefs. This paper summarizes both views, explains the conflict. Emergence is examined. Mild realism is found to embrace in an acceptable sense, to eschew it in its problematic sense. Nozick's cases of self evident beliefs are examined difficulties in his account are explained. An alternative approach is developed that avoids the difficulties in Nozick's account is compatible with mild realism. Robert Nozick (1993) has given an interesting evolutionary account of the development of self evident beliefs. In broad strokes, his idea is that long term constancy of environmental features permits evolution of structures that take advantage of those features, beliefs that reflect those fea tures are examples of such advantageous structures. For truly pervasive constant features, quickness in arriving at a corresponding belief stability of the belief in the face of superficial variety could confer incre ments in fitness. Self evidence of belief would promote quickness stability. Thus, self evidence of belief could itself be selected for; this may explain why we find certain matters to be self evident. In examining this account of self evident beliefs, I shall begin by describing what Dennett (1991a) has called a realist view of the nature of beliefs in general. We shall find that this view is in conflict with a strong realist causal assumption about beliefs upon which Nozick's account of self evidence rests. This conflict by itself might, of course, be taken as a reason to doubt mild realism. However, after clari fying the relation of mild realism and emergence in part II, we shall" @default.
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- W2117973190 title "Evolution and Self Evidence." @default.
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