Professor: It has been argued

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope: particular orthodoxy7% picked this

   Thinkers who limit their line of thought to a particular orthodoxy are hindered in

   Correct answers on Sufficient Assumption almost never bring up anything new. We never talked about "particular orthodoxy". We also were only talking about intellectual progress in absolute terms (yes/no), whereas this is switching to talking about it in relative terms (hindered progress).

   7%
2. B

   Out of Scope5% picked this

   Thinkers can mine the full implications of interrelated ideas only in the context of a society

   Out of Scope: a society that values Correct answers on Sufficient Assumption almost never contain new ideas. We never talked about societies that do or don't value intellectual progress. We just need to connect "the need for intellectual discipline" to "not needing freedom of thought".

   5%
3. C

   Correct58% picked this

   In societies that protect freedom of thought, thinkers invariably lack

   Why this is right

   We were hoping to get from "If you need intellectual discipline, then you don't need freedom of thought". This answer convinces us we can make that move, because this tells us that if you protect freedom of thought, you won't have intellectual discipline. Having intellectual disciplines —requires? not protecting freedom of thought. Our author can now say, "your argument fails. How can freedom of thought be required from intellectual progress, when intellectual progress requires intellectual discipline, and freedom of thought and intellectual discipline are mutually exclusive?"

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

   58%
4. D

   Out of Scope: creativity / discover truth1% picked this

   Freedom of thought engenders creativity, which aids the discovery

   Correct answers to Sufficient Assumption almost never have new ideas. We never talked about creativity or discovering truth. Also this sounds like a positive idea about freedom of thought, whereas the general gist of our author's argument is to be a bit negative towards freedom of thought, and argue that it's not required for intellectual progress.

   1%
5. E

   Opposite29% picked this

   Without intellectual discipline, thinkers can have no freedom

   We were looking for a way to get from if you need Intellectual Discipline, then you don't need Freedom of Thought. A contrapositive of that move would sound like if you need Freedom of Thought, then you don't need Intellectual Discipline This answer seemingly contradicts that: Freedom of Thought requires Intellectual Discipline If we came to the answers with a fuzzy sense of "I want intellectual discipline to sound like a mismatch for freedom of thought", we would have only considered (C) and (E) and seen (E) as sounding more like Intellectual Discipline and Freedom of Thought are a match.

   29%