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Philboid Studge wrote
Is there an academic equivalent to 'The Courtier's Defense'? [When theists' claim their beliefs are sophisticated beyond our carcicatures of them, and are thus 'reasonable.'
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I suppose. If someone claims the basic concepts of an academic discipline are beyond someone's comprehension, then they're practicing the Courtier's Reply.
The fundamentals of a field
must be explainable. If they aren't, then how did anyone learn it in the first place?