Pieces of music consist of sounds

Answer choices

1. A

   Not an Objection6% picked this

   the argument does not allow for the possibility of being immersed in experiencing a painting without being conscious

   Since this answer begins with fails to consider / ignores the possibility, we'll ask ourselves whether the idea that follows would Weaken. Can we say, "Hey, author -- viewing a painting does have a temporal dimension. After all, sometimes when you view a painting you get so immersed that you're no longer conscious of the passage of time"? No, because if someone is unconscious of the passage of time, then there isn't a temporal dimension to their experience.

   6%
2. B

   Not an Objection2% picked this

   the argument is based on a very general definition of music that does not incorporate any

   This is true, but not a problem we have with this argument's logic. If the definition of music had been altered to include a mention of different styles of music, would that make it easier to believe that "viewing a painting does have a temporal dimension"? Of course not. Changing the definition of music would have nothing to do with whether or not viewing a painting has a temporal dimension. And changing the definition of music to include a mention of styles wouldn't change the fact that music is still presented to the listener in a temporal order (so it won't change the fact that music does have a temporal dimension).

   2%
3. C

   Not an Objection3% picked this

   the argument fails to bring out the aspects of music and painting that are common to both as

   This is true, but it's not a problem we have with this argument's logic. It doesn't represent any sort of objection to this conclusion. Pointing out things that music and painting do have in common (they're both art forms / they both have existed for thousands of years) wouldn't help us to argue that "viewing a painting does have a temporal dimension".

   3%
4. D

   Not Circular Opposite Effect, if anything18% picked this

   relying on the metaphor of “reading” to characterize how a painting is viewed presupposes the correctness of the conclusion to be drawn

   The phrase "presupposes the truth of the conclusion" is code language for Circular Reasoning, one of the top 10 famous flaws. This answer is almost always wrong. Circular arguments are ones in which the premise restates the conclusion or requires that the conclusion is true. But in this case, using the metaphor "reading a painting" does not seem to be assuming that "painting has no temporal dimension". After all, doesn't reading have a temporal dimension? The words in a book are kind of presented one part at a time to the reader, whereas a painting is presented all at once. So the use of the metaphor "reading" is closer to undermining the author's conclusion than to assuming its truth.

   18%
5. E

   Correct70% picked this

   the absence of a particular path that the eye must follow does not entail that the

   Why this is right

   We were looking for an answer to convey that, "Even though there's no particular path your eye must follow, you do still spend some amount of time looking at a painting, so it does still have a temporal dimension." That's what this answer is getting at. The answer is structured as an objection that reads, "X does not entail Y". We would match that up with the concept of, "the Evidence does not entail/imply/prove the Conclusion". Was the evidence saying that "there is an absence of any particular path that the eye must follow"? Yes! It said "there is no particular path the viewer's eye must follow". Was the conclusion saying or assuming that "the eye follows no path"? Yes, implicitly. The author is thinking that a painting happens 'all at once'. That's why it has no temporal dimension. If the author thought that viewing a painting had a path, then he'd have to admit it has a temporal dimension. Moving through a path always has a temporal dimension. This answer sort of implies our objection. "Yes, author, when I look at a painting, there isn't a standardized path I have to follow. But I do still follow some path, which takes time. My eyes might start in the center and drift out. They might start at one face and then move to another. I am still taking my eyes along a visual path of my choosing. Thus, viewing a painting does still have a temporal dimension."

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

   70%