Yeah, though we can imagine that everyone feels similar urge to smoke, but it’s only the people with the lesion who ultimately decide to smoke.
As Ahmed notes (chapter 4.3.1), if the lesion doesn’t work through your beliefs and desires, smoking is not a genuine option, and so this is not an argument against evidentialism.
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Yeah, though we can imagine that everyone feels similar urge to smoke, but it’s only the people with the lesion who ultimately decide to smoke.
As Ahmed notes (chapter 4.3.1), if the lesion doesn’t work through your beliefs and desires, smoking is not a genuine option, and so this is not an argument against evidentialism.