Taylor says that his examples show that "the relation expressed in the hypothetical 'I will move my finger if I want to' is, if the hypothetical is true at all, a fictional relationship between concepts, resting only on a conventional equivalence of meaning, and as such cannot be a causal relationship between states or events."

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Taylor's argument is aimed at discussing the nature of free will and determinism, not at reducing the relationship between wanting to move a finger and actually moving it to a mere fictional or conventional relationship. He is more concerned with whether actions can be considered free if they are determined by prior states of the world, including desires and intentions, rather than dismissing the causal relationship between mental states (like wanting) and physical actions (like moving a finger).

Taylor Says That His Examples Show That "The Relation Expressed