It&#x27;s interesting to me that they don&#x27;t play out any motivating examples, and instead just browbeat the reader with names and dates.<p>I think it would have been a much more effective piece if, for example, they&#x27;d presented a philosophical argument of Lame Deer&#x27;s[1] or explained how the &quot;Flying Man&quot; thought experiment could inform our reading of Descartes[2].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;John_Fire_Lame_Deer" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;John_Fire_Lame_Deer</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Floating_man" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Floating_man</a>