I want to thank Peter Baumann for the thoughtful and gracious reply (2025) to my paper (2025). At every point in that piece, Baumann’s commentary is charitable but fair in pressing important worries for and questions of my work. By engaging with such commentators, our thinking is improved and the larger conversation is advanced. I hope my quick rejoinder can simply add a bit to that conversion. … [please read below the rest of the article].
