Street's framework shows evolution selects for adaptive beliefs, not true ones; conceding some values are fitness-enhancing actually strengthens, not weakens, the debunking argument.

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Adaptive beliefs(as used in evolutionary epistemology): Beliefs that help an organism survive and reproduce, even if those beliefs might not actually be true.
Evolution selects for(as used in evolutionary biology and epistemology): Natural selection favors traits that help organisms survive and pass on their genes, not necessarily traits that are accurate or true.
Street (Shaun Street or evolutionary debunking theorists)(as referenced in epistemology and evolutionary theory): A philosopher who argues that if our beliefs evolved just to help us survive and reproduce, we shouldn't trust that they're actually true—they might just be useful lies.
debunking argument(Used to describe the strategy of Ruse, Joyce, Street, and Kahane.): An argument that a Darwinian causal explanation of moral beliefs is superior to and in competition with the commonsense explanation that those beliefs are true, thereby undermining the epistemic status of those beliefs.

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