I have often thought that the argument from desire was worth more than is usually thought.
But I suppose the best argument against it is the argument from 'supernormal stimuli'. See: https://irrationalgeographic.wordpress.com/tag/oystercatcher-egg/
Just as the oystercatcher looks for an egg larger than any oystercatcher egg so do we look for a love and a beauty greater and more trustworthy than any actual love or beauty. Natural selection has never found a way to select against that longing for extremes.
Just as the oystercatcher looks for an egg larger than any oystercatcher egg so do we look for a love and a beauty greater and more trustworthy than any actual love or beauty.
I have often thought that the argument from desire was worth more than is usually thought.
ReplyDeleteBut I suppose the best argument against it is the argument from 'supernormal stimuli'.
See: https://irrationalgeographic.wordpress.com/tag/oystercatcher-egg/
Just as the oystercatcher looks for an egg larger than any oystercatcher egg so do we look for a love and a beauty greater and more trustworthy than any actual love or beauty. Natural selection has never found a way to select against that longing for extremes.
Just as the oystercatcher looks for an egg larger than any oystercatcher egg so do we look for a love and a beauty greater and more trustworthy than any actual love or beauty.
ReplyDeleteAnd we know it's not actual... how?
Without begging the question.