No Principled Constraints

Why a class of philosophical arguments don't work

There's a kind of argument type that I call the no principled constraints objection. It's a kind of argument that appears in philosophy here and there. But it's not a successful objection.

I'll give three examples and then show why the argument type doesn't work.

The first two have to do with generality.

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