Taylor criticizes the position that says, "if I am asked by the physician whether I can move my finger and I reply that I can, then what I am telling him, if 'can' here (as in the stone and egg case) expresses a hypothetical possibility, is that if there should occur within me a certain (unnamed) event or state, then the finger motion would at once follow as a ..."
A) logical deduction.
B) metaphysical certainty.
C) causal consequence.
D) philosophical proof.

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Taylor criticizes the idea that the hypothetical possibility expressed by "can" in this scenario would be a causal consequence. He argues that if such a possibility were to exist, it would be a mere hypothetical possibility and not a metaphysical certainty or logical deduction, and thus not a causal consequence.

Taylor Criticizes the Position That Says, "If I Am Asked