Logical Reasoning

PT126 · S3 · Q24 It is popularly believed

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It is popularly believed that a poem has whatever meaning is assigned to it by the reader.

Opposing Point

It is popularly believed that a poem has MR whatever meaning is assigned to it by the reader.

Evidence

The aesthetic value of a poem cannot DAV → ~MR be discussed unless it is possible for at least two readers to agree on the correct interpretation of the poem [meaning is not from the reader].

Conclusion

But objective evaluation of poetry is OE → ~MR possible only if this popular belief is false [meaning is not from the reader].

Evaluate

The argument assumes that objective OE → DAV evaluation of poetry is possible only if the aesthetic value can be discussed.

24.

Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?

  1. Only if they find the

    Wrong Trigger

    Judging the aesthetic value of JAV → ~MR a poem is not the same as discussing its aesthetic value.

    7% picked this

  2. If two readers agree about

    Reversal

    This reverses the relationship ~MR → OE between objective evaluation and the meaning of a work not coming from the reader.

    18% picked this

  3. Discussion of a poem is

    Wrong Trigger

    Discussing a poem is not the same as discussing the aesthetic value of a poem.

    9% picked this

  4. Correct

    A given poem can be

    Why this is right

    This bridges the gap between OE → DAV objective evaluation and discussing the poem’s aesthetic value.

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

    65% picked this

  5. Aesthetic evaluation of literature is

    Too Strong

    Discussing the aesthetic value of poem plays a role in the argument, but the best way to accomplish such evaluation does not.

    1% picked this

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