Logical Reasoning

PT108 · S2 · Q10 Mario: The field of cognitive

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Mario: The field of cognitive science is not a genuinely autonomous discipline since it addresses issues also addressed by the disciplines of computer science, linguistics, and psychology.

Mario's Conclusion

Cognitive science is not a genuinely autonomous discipline.

Mario's Evidence (since)

A genuinely autonomous discipline has a domain of inquiry all its own, and cognitive science addresses issues also addressed by computer science, linguistics, and psychology.

Lucy's Conclusion

Nonsense (cognitive science could still be considered a genuinely autonomous discipline).

Lucy's Evidence

A field of study is genuinely autonomous if it has its own unique methodology, not based on whether it addresses unique content that no other field of study addresses.

Plus, this is inconsistent with your view on philosophy. You think that philosophy is genuinely autonomous, even though its subject matter is also covered by linguistics, math, and psychology.

Evaluate

Lucy has two moves, and the correct answer could test either one.

She uses an Implications of Logic type move to show Mario that by his standards philosophy wouldn't be considered genuinely autonomous, even though he thinks it is. So she's showing him that his logic has implications he wouldn't be comfortable with.

She also provides a different definition for what makes a field genuinely autonomous.

Goal

Pick any answer that matches. It will probably either mention how she uses Mario's rule to reach a conclusion he would disagree with, when it comes to Philosophy. Or it will mention that she identified a different causal difference-maker when it comes to whether or not something can be called genuinely autonomous.

10.

Lucy responds to Mario by

  1. questioning Mario's expertise in cognitive

    Out of Scope: questioning expertise

    Nothing Lucy says sounds like she's challenging Mario's expertise in cognitive science. It's also not like Mario is a cognitive scientist, so it's not even clear why his expertise or lack thereof is relevant to this conversation.

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  2. demonstrating that Mario confuses the

    Out of Scope: demonstrate confusion

    Lucy never explains that Mario has confused one thing for another. Both speakers agree that all genuinely autonomous disciplines are fields of study, but not all fields of study are genuinely autonomous disciplines. Mario is arguing that what turns a field of study into a genuinely autonomous discipline is having unique subject matter, and Lucy is saying, no, what turns a field of study into a genuinely autonomous discipline is having a unique methodology.

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  3. Correct

    showing that some of Mario's

    Why this is right

    This is getting at the first half of Lucy's paragraph, the Implications of Logic half. According to his principle, "if genuinely autonomous discipline, then domain of inquiry all its own", Philosophy would not be genuinely autonomous. After all, it doesn't have a domain all its own. It addresses issues also addressed by linguistics, mathematics, and psychology. But this is in conflict with Mario's belief -- "You've always acknowledged that philosophy is a genuinely autonomous discipline". Since we can match this up, it's correct.

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

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  4. disputing the accuracy of Mario's

    Out of Scope

    Out of Scope: disputing description of CS Lucy never once mentions cognitive science, so she definitely didn't dispute Mario's description of what cognitive science covers or where it overlaps with other fields of study.

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  5. establishing that Mario is not

    Out of Scope: establish not philosopher

    There's no talk of whether Mario is or isn't a philosopher. She only says, "I know you think philosophy is a genuinely autonomous discipline". That doesn't tell us whether Mario is or isn't himself a philosopher, and Lucy certainly never proves that he isn't.

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