Logical Reasoning

PT115 · S2 · Q24 Good students learn more than

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Good students learn more than what their parents and teachers compel them to learn.

Statements

good students (universal - left side)

learn more than Good student → what parents/teachers compel them to learn

requires (necessary - right side)

learn more than students derive pleasure what parents & → from satisfaction teachers compel of their curiosity

cannot / unless (required / if-not)

deriving pleasure capable of concentrating from satisfaction → so deeply you lose track of curiosity of identity

Evaluate

Because Must Be False questions love to test conditional logic (the correct answer usually contradicts a conditional relationship we're given), we want to read these with a listening ear for conditional logic trigger words.

All three sentences here were conditional, the first sentence being a universal about good students and the second and third sentences giving us requirements (the Required thing goes on the Right side).

When we have multiple conditionals, we want think about whether they chain together, which requires that they have some overlapping ingredients. The first and the second sentences are connected by the pronoun "this", and the second and third are connected by the pronoun "such pleasure".

We can chain all four of these ideas together to get this chain:

Good learns derives concentrating student → more than → pleasure → so much compelled from curiosity lose self

Goal

When we have conditionals on Must Be False, the correct answer just usually contradicts them.

Remember that contradicting a conditional is not the same as making an illegal move.

Given: A → B, If we see an answer doing B → A or doing ~A → ~B, we're not picking those.

Those are illegal inferences but they're not contradictions. A contradiction provides the trigger but denies the outcome. So we'd be looking for an answer that says "something is A but not B."

Given a chain: A → B → C, we'd probably see something contradicting the chain, like "Something is A but not C".

24.

If the statements above are true, each of the following could also be true EXCEPT:

  1. Some people who are capable

    Compatible

    This is the chain we had Good learns student ? more than ? compelled derives concentrating pleas from ? so much This answer is saying something is the 4th idea but not the 3rd. There's nothing wrong with doing that. That's saying "the outcome is true, even though the trigger is false". Given this: A ? B ? C ? D, It would contradict to hear "something is C but not D". But it doesn't contradict to hear "something is D but not C".

    12% picked this

  2. Correct

    Most good students do not

    Why this is right

    This is the chain we had Good learns student ? more than ? compelled derives concentrating pleas from ? so much curiosity lose self This answer is saying something is the 1st idea but not the 3rd. That contradicts the chain. Given this: A ? B ? C ? D, If something is A, then it's guaranteed to be B, C, and D as well. If someone is a good student, then they're guaranteed to learn more than what parents/teachers compel, to derive pleasure from the satisfaction of their curiosity, and to concentrate so intently that they lose track of their own identity.

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

    71% picked this

  3. Many people who derive pleasure

    Compatible

    This is the chain we had Good learns student ? more than ? compelled derives concentrating pleas from ? so much curiosity lose self This answer is saying something is the 3rd idea but not the 1st. Given this: A ? B ? C ? D, It would contradict to hear "something is A but not C". But it doesn't contradict to hear "something is C but not A".

    4% picked this

  4. Some people who are not

    Compatible

    This is the chain we had Good learns student ? more than ? compelled derives concentrating pleas from ? so much curiosity lose self This answer is saying something is not the 1st idea but is the 3rd idea. There's nothing wrong with doing that. If we aren't triggering the rule (not the 1st idea) then we can't contradict any of it. Given this: A ? B ? C ? D, It would contradict to hear "something is A but not C". But it doesn't contradict to hear "something is not A but is C".

    5% picked this

  5. Most people who are capable

    Compatible

    This is the chain we had Good learns student ? more than ? compelled derives concentrating pleasure from ? so much curiosity lose self This answer is saying something is not the 1st idea but is the 4th idea. There's nothing wrong with doing that. If we aren't triggering the rule (not the 1st idea) then we can't contradict any of it. Given this: A ? B ? C ? D, It would contradict to hear "something is A but not D". But it doesn't contradict to hear "something is not A but is D".

    9% picked this

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