All material bodies are divisible

Answer choices

1. A

   Unrelated to Goal5% picked this

   Everything divisible is a material

   This says nothing about "spirit" so it can't possibly allow us to prove a claim about "spirit" (we currently have no premises about "spirit", so this answer must provide us with one).

   5%
2. B

   Unrelated to Goal7% picked this

   Nothing imperfect is

   This says nothing about "spirit" so it can't possibly allow us to prove a claim about "spirit" (we currently have no premises about "spirit", so this answer must provide us with one).

   7%
3. C

   Doesn't Help3% picked this

   The spirit is

   This gives us spirit ? divisible and we're trying to add it onto premises in order to derive spirit ? ~material body We have a rule that says divisible ? imperfect So we can combine this answer choice with the 2nd claim from the argument and derive that: spirit ? divisible ? imperfect But is there a way to get from "imperfect" to "not material body"? No. We have a connection that says material body ? imperfect But we would need one that says imperfect ? ~material body

   3%
4. D

   Correct68% picked this

   The spirit is

   Why this is right

   This is what we predicted. We have this relationship in our Evidence: material body ? imperfect perfect ? not material body So if we add on this answer choice spirit ? perfect to that premise perfect ? not material body then we've derived the conclusion: spirit --------------> not material body

   Skill tested: Sufficient Assumption · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   68%
5. E

   Unclear Impact16% picked this

   The spirit is either indivisible or

   Sometimes correct answers do function off an either/or choice. You just have to prove that in either case, you get to the conclusion. If spirit is indivisible, then we know that it's not a material body (from the very first claim in the argument). So in that world, we will have proven the conclusion. But what about the world in which the spirit is imperfect? If spirit is imperfect, we can't say anything about whether or not it's a material body. In fact, since we know that all material bodies are imperfect, it seems possible that the spirit is a material body. This answer is confusing because in one of its two possible worlds, we definitely DO prove the conclusion. But we don't know for sure that we live in that world, so we haven't definitively proven the conclusion. Say that I'm trying to prove that Gus loves Taylor Swift. We have rule that says: if you're at T-Swift's show, you love her. If I tell you that Gus is at T-Swift's show or he's at the bowling alley, have I convinced you that Gus loves Taylor Swift? Of course not. That's what this answer is doing.

   16%