An initial answer to the question of the evolutionary path of the argumentative competence is offered. The hypothesis of collective intentionality and cooperation as structural features that allow to understand argumentation as a normative phenomenon is assumed. The paper concludes that argumentation was a product of selective pressure for the multiplication of alternative representations offered by a larger number of agents of the same or a different group. The evolutionary pressure selected the communication of good reasons by means of verbal conflict, and allowed the individual agent to generate a reputation that, in turn, profits her direct reproductive benefit.
Santibáñez Yáñez, C. (2017). Argumentation in the light of philosophy of biology. Revista De Filosofía, 72, pp. 165–182. Retrieved from https://revistaterapiaocupacional.uchile.cl/index.php/RDF/article/view/47604
