Logical Reasoning

PT123 · S3 · Q3 Carolyn: The artist Marc Quinn

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Carolyn: The artist Marc Quinn has displayed, behind a glass plate, biologically replicated fragments of Sir John Sulston’s DNA, calling it a “conceptual portrait” of Sulston.

Carolyn Arnold

The artist Marc Quinn has displayed, behind a glass plate, biologically replicated fragments of Sir John Suston’s DNA, calling it a “conceptual portrait” of Sulston.

But to be a portrait, I disagree. Quinn’s something must conceptual portrait bear a recognizable is a maximally resemblance to its realistic portrait. subject.

For it holds actual instructions according to which Suston was created.

Evaluate

Carolyn and Arnold disagree about whether Quinn’s conceptual portrait is actually a portrait.

3.

The dialogue provides most support for the claim that Carolyn and Arnold disagree over whether the object described by Quinn as a conceptual portrait of Sir John Sulston

  1. should be considered to be

    Out of Scope

    Out of Scope: considered art Unsupported Disagree Position The discussion is about whether or not this can properly be called a portrait, not about whether it can properly be called art. We might think to ourselves, "well aren't portraits by definition art? So if someone believes it's a portrait, then don't they believe it's art?" Yes, we might be able to tolerate that common sense leap from what's said on the page (if this were our best available answer). But the person saying it isn't a portrait isn't committing to the idea that it isn't art. There are tons of things that aren't portraits but are still art. So we couldn't say that Carolyn thinks this DNA representation isn't art.

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  2. should be considered to be

    Both Agree

    Both Carolyn and Arnold would both agree that the object should be considered to be Quinn’s work.

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  3. bears a recognizable resemblance to

    Half Scope

    Carolyn would disagree with this statement, but Arnold does not address it.

    19% picked this

  4. contains instructions according to which

    Half Scope

    Arnold would agree with this statement, but Carolyn does not address it.

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  5. Correct

    is actually a portrait of

    Why this is right

    Arnold would agree with this statement, while Carolyn would disagree with it.

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

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