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 causal consequence."

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Taylor argues that this position does not accurately reflect our everyday language use of the word "can." Instead, he suggests that when we say "I can move my finger," we are reporting a capacity or ability that we actually possess, rather than a hypothetical possibility.

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