Logical Reasoning

PT110 · S3 · Q15 Lea: Contemporary art has become

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Lea: Contemporary art has become big business.

Lea's 1st Claim

Contemporary art has become big business. is Susan saying contemp art hasn't become big business?

Not really. She doesn't talk about contemporary art as a whole.

Lea's 2nd Claim

Now, art has less to do with self-expression than with making money. is Susan saying today's art still has at least as much to do with self-expression as it does with making money?

No. She doesn't talk about self-expression or money.

Lea's 3rd Claim

The work of contemporary artists is utterly bereft (devoid / lacking) of spontaneity and creativity. is Susan saying that some of the work of contemporary artists does have spontaneity and creativity?

Yes! She said you can find spontaneous / creative, new (i.e. contemporary) art in most small indie galleries.

Goal

Let's look for something like , .

15.

Lea's and Susan's remarks provide the most support for holding that they disagree about whether

  1. large galleries contain creative artwork

    No Support Person 2

    Susan has no comments at all on large galleries, so we wouldn't be able to derive her agreement or disagreement on a claim about large galleries.

    1% picked this

  2. most galleries contain some artwork

    No Support Person 2

    Neither person ever generalizes about most galleries. However, Person 1 says something is true of any gallery, so technically that would also be true of most galleries. Person 2 meanwhile only talks about most smaller galleries. We have no idea what she thinks about most galleries overall. Even if this answer said "most smaller galleries", it would still be wrong because Susan could easily agree that most smaller galleries contain some lame artwork. She just said "one can still find fresh / creative art in most of these smaller galleries". She never said that "all you'll see is fresh / creative art."

    17% picked this

  3. contemporary art has become big

    Weak Support Person 2

    As we analyzed before, Susan never talks about contemporary art overall, whether it's become big business or not. In order to pick this, we'd have to derive from Susan's paragraph that she believes "contemporary art hasn't become big business". The idea that one can still find some fresh / creative contemporary art at most small galleries is not strong support for the claim that "contemporary art hasn't become big business".

    9% picked this

  4. Correct

    some smaller art galleries still

    Why this is right

    Susan would agree to this, because she thinks that most smaller indie galleries exhibit innovative (creative) new artwork. Lea would disagree to this, because she doesn't think that new artwork is creative. She said that the work of contemporary artists (i.e. new artwork) is utterly bereft of creativity, as one can see by visiting any gallery. So she is saying that "at any gallery you visit (including all smaller art galleries), the new artwork will be utterly devoid of creativity".

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

    64% picked this

  5. contemporary art, in general, is

    No Support Person 2

    Susan never talks about contemporary art in general. She just says that in general at smaller galleries you can find some fresh / creative contemporary art. She certainly never comments on whether contemporary art, in general, has shifted in terms of its concerns with self-expression.

    9% picked this

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