>Since I try as hard as I can to avoid 
> attributing motives and/or emotions to Justin, so I don't appreciate this 
> effort. Even if this remark is not aimed at me, I think that this mode of 
> argumentation violates the rules of "analytical philosophy" as I understand 
> them. Attacking someone's motives as a way of furthering an argument is a 
> basic logical fallacy.

You must mean ulterior psycho-personal motives, since a basic 
premise of AM is that humans are rational beings capable of 
understanding their situation and making maximizing choices. 
They have always insisted on the neeed to understand rational 
motivations behind actions.   

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