I talk about cognitive diversity in the book, if you grant that argument that these new technologies help us think in new ways, then the old ways are still useful also, like going for a walk, or writing with a pencil.
Of course, even if this assumption is granted, the argument is only as strong as the premise that properties have their associated causal powers essentially.
Suppose, though, that we grant this part of the argument.
But criticism of this type often leaves the reader wondering, as James Joyce wondered apropos Wyndham Lewis's attacks on "Ulysses": Even if all of this argument is granted as true, how much of the truth is it?
Given that wiretap warrants can be granted retroactively, his critics wonder whether this argument adds up.
This argument is based on an empirical assumption regarding the consequences of gynaecologists granting young females' requests for hymen restoration.
But grant for argument's sake that Mr. Blankfein was the best investment bank chief executive during financial crisis.
But even if we grant his argument that photography is "simple," we surely cannot second his other claims.
This argument is nonsense.
(All theists and no non-theists—should grant that the following argument is sound, given that the connectives are to be interpretted classically: "Either 2+2=5, or God exists. Not 2+2=5. Hence God exists". It should be completely obvious that this argument is useless).
