Synthesising arguments motivate changes to the conceptual tools, theoretical structure, and evaluatory framework employed in a given scientific domain. Recently, a broad coalition of researchers has put forward a synthesising argument in favour of an Extended Evolutionary Synthesis ('EES'). Often this synthesising argument is evaluated using a virtue-based approach, which construes the EES as a wholesale alternative to prevailing practice. Here I argue this virtue-based approach is not fit for purpose. Taking the central concept of niche construction as a case study, I show that an agenda-based approach better captures the pragmatic and epistemological goals of the EES synthesising argument and diagnoses areas of empirical disagreement with prevailing practice.

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综合论证和扩展的进化综合。

综合论证激发了给定科学领域中所采用的概念工具，理论结构和评估框架的变化。最近，广泛的研究者联盟提出了支持扩展进化综合（'EES'）的综合论据。通常，这种综合论点是使用基于美德的方法进行评估的，这将EES解释为是普遍做法的全面替代方案。在这里，我认为这种基于美德的方法不适合目标。我以利基建设的中心概念为案例研究，表明基于议程的方法可以更好地反映EES综合论证的实用和认识论目标，并诊断与普遍做法存在经验分歧的领域。