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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i don’t think that passage you quote was a critique of determination, but rather a critique of the hypocrisy involved in u/Acc’s praxis of anti-praxis. actually ‘letting go’ would entail a kind of quietism, no?
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It's even worse if that's the case. Praxis (as opposed to practice) is explicitly political. I would expect a 'marxist' to know this. Anti-praxis would then be a critique of political practice tout court, a critique that was not itself political.
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Praxis - noun, plural: practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills. Origin / 1575–85; < Medieval Latin < Greek prâxis - deed, act, action, equivalent to prāk-, base of prā́ssein “to do”.
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using praxis in a restricted way to refer to politics is idiosyncratically modern and western. there is literally no action, approach, or manner of expressing that isn’t praxis.
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This is like saying everything is political. It's a claim, it's just not a particularly interesting one.
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