Once more on “The Negative Reason Existential Fallacy”

Shyam’s comments on my previous post got me thinking about the structural differences between the * argument and the † argument with respect to cases like the leveling down case. Remember, the * argument is structured like this:
(P1*) It follows from view V that there is a reason [for X] to do A.
(P2*) But obviously [...]

A brief comment on Schroeder’s “The Negative Reason Existential Fallacy”

A few days ago I read Mark Schroeder’s short piece “The Negative Reason Existential Fallacy.” In it, Schroeder attacks the following type of argument (found on page 1):
(P1*) It follows from view V that there is a reason [for X] to do A.
(P2*) But obviously there is no reason [for X] to do A.
(C*) So [...]