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    It is not the case that Aristotle argued that deliberate action requires prior commitments to normative truths, making total epochê practically paralyzing.

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    • 1.Epochê need not suspend all commitments—only metaphysical or theoretical ones. Practical action can proceed from habit, preference, or social convention without normative truth.
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    • 2.Paralysis assumes deliberation requires philosophical justification, but humans act decisively from desire and circumstance without accessing Aristotelian essences.
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    • 3.The claim conflates epochê with indifference. Skeptics can suspend judgment on objective normativity while remaining committed to subjective or instrumental goals.
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    • 1.Action requires selecting among alternatives, which presupposes some standard of 'better' that transcends the moment of choice itself.
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    • 2.Total epochê suspends judgment on all values, leaving no rational basis to prefer one action over another, thus blocking deliberation.
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    • 3.Even skeptics must commit to truth-claims (e.g., 'epochê is advisable') to argue coherently, undermining radical value neutrality.
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