Taylor says that the statement "This stone is so hot it can fry an egg," is a philosophically significant sense of 'can' as a "causal capacity or, better, of ..."
A) hypothetical possibility.
B) material conditional.
C) categorical imperative.
D) reflective determinacy.

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Taylor is aligning the sense of 'can' in the statement with hypothetical possibility, meaning that it is not a statement of a necessary or actual causal relationship, but rather a hypothetical one.

Taylor Says That the Statement "This Stone Is So Hot