i eme ▁accused ▁Pet erson ▁of ▁ins u fficient ly ▁eng aging ▁the ▁literature ▁and ▁think ers ▁associated ▁with ▁post mod ern ism , ▁Marx ism , ▁etc . ▁which ▁he ▁rout in ely ▁critic izes . ▁Th i eme ▁also ▁def ended ▁Van ▁Norden ' s ▁qu oting ▁and ▁par ap hr asing ▁of ▁Pet erson , ▁stating ▁that ▁she ▁verified ▁the ▁quotes ▁herself ▁and ▁the ▁par ap hr asing ▁was ▁well ▁within ▁bounds . ▁ ▁Bey ond ▁the ▁Pet erson ▁deb acle , ▁critic isms ▁were ▁lev ied ▁against ▁Van ▁Norden ▁for ▁his ▁critique ▁of ▁John ▁Stuart ▁Mill ' s ▁conception ▁of ▁free ▁speech . ▁Phil os opher ▁Mass imo ▁P igli ucci ▁wrote ▁for ▁his ▁blog ▁Foot notes ▁to ▁Pl ato , ▁a ▁blog ▁post ▁titled ▁" Should ▁the ▁ignor ant ▁be ▁denied ▁access ▁to ▁aud ien ces ?" ▁P igli ucci ▁questions ▁how ▁we ▁are ▁to ▁reason ably ▁and ▁ade qu ately ▁determine ▁what ▁views ▁and ▁which ▁pro ponents ▁of ▁them ▁are ▁to ▁be ▁afford ed ▁just ▁access ? ▁Since , ▁as ▁P igli ucci ▁points ▁out , ▁Van ▁Norden ▁reject s ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁universal ▁reason , ▁such ▁questions ▁as ▁the ▁commun al ▁benefits ▁of ▁receiving ▁certain ▁opinions ▁and ▁the ▁differ ing ▁degree ▁of ▁mer it ▁among ▁views , ▁make ▁such ▁in qui ries ▁fall ▁into ▁a ▁real m ▁of ▁arbitr ation . ▁Other ▁critics ▁went ▁even ▁further ▁than ▁P igli ucci ▁in ▁their ▁criticism ▁of ▁Van ▁Norden ' s ▁ess ay . ▁Li am ▁Warner , ▁writing