No reason to give a point by point rebuttal of such a poorly thought out critique, but let me point to one thing that is indicative of the whole. Look at the critique of 'determinism' in u/acc. (1/9)https://twitter.com/nihilaxis/status/1041856136364797953 …
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There is a very basic confusion of the level where determinism is in u/acc. But let's assume that her critique is actually connecting to something. Here is her couple de gras (2/9):pic.twitter.com/iEgJUMtucf
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To be plain, this is an intro to philosophy critique of determinism. But again, benefit of the doubt, right? Here is a question, if we determined (at the level that the author is critique) how could we decide NOT to write a blog? (3/9)
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This is the weakest point in the article. For me the correct response is the same Chrysippus gives as a refutation of the lazy argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_argument …
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The issue (as is so often the case with undergrad philosophy students) is a failure to imagine that someone smarter made the point and did so infinitely better than you could possibly imagine.
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I think the critic fumbles a point that could have been made better and if it had been would be more compelling
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