Similarly, a non-obvious naturalistic definition of good may fail the open question test even though it is true.
It is obvious that the naturalistic datasets address the realistic problems of emotion recognition in everyday life.
All right, so it had no obvious use, but it was neat, naturalistic and fun.
But, if so, it seems a curious strategy because the more obvious attempts at comedy – and at naturalistic dialogue – are frequently so sharp and entertaining.
This naturalistic "solution" prompts two obvious criticisms, both raised by Hobbes in the Third Objections.
Darwin would surely have frowned on the suggestion that, because naturalistic explanations are rarely obvious, skepticism about science is justified (a move that has been called the argument from personal incredulity).
"I was speaking to a male scholar who felt it was obvious that a female body represented in this naturalistic fashion could have only been painted by a female," he said.
It was obvious even then that Walters had considerable talent – unobtrusive, naturalistic, soulful.
If "good" were synonymous with some naturalistic predicate "X", then this would be obvious on reflection to every competent speaker.
Perhaps moral expressions are analytically equivalent to naturalistic expressions, but these analyticities are themselves not obvious even to competent speakers (Lewis 1989, 129).
But while 2011's Dark Souls often felt like a grueling test of spirit pitting you against traps and unfair odds to either break players, or cement their resolve Dragon's Dogma creates a world in which danger is more overtly obvious, and much of this comes down to the excellent naturalistic lighting engine.
