Logical Reasoning

PT127 · S2 · Q21 Tania: A good art critic

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Tania: A good art critic is not fair in the ordinary sense; it is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a truly unbiased opinion.

Tania

A good art critic isn't fair/unbiased/disinterested. Art is a passion, so good criticism is always intertwined with the critic's emotion.

Monique

Art is not only a passion. The best art critics do approach their subjects passionately, but not from a personal bias type of passion, rather one based on general principles of aesthetics.

Evaluation

Does Monique disagree with any of Tania's four claims?

Monique disagrees with the first and second claim: she's arguing that a good critic (the best ones) are fair/objective. They shed their own biases before rendering criticism. They're interested and passionate, but they're unbiased.

Monique agrees that art is a passion, and potentially agrees that good art criticism is always infused with emotion (or at least passion).

Goal

It mainly came down to whether good art critics are objective or subjective, with Tania thinking that good critics are subjectively infused with emotion, while Monique argues that the best critics have shed their subjectively and are infused with passion for general (objective) aesthetics.

21.

The dialogue most strongly supports the claim that Tania and Monique disagree about whether

  1. art is not simply a

    Half Scope

    We know that Monique agrees with this, but we don't know if Tania thinks that art is only a passion, or if it's a passion in addition to other stuff.

    17% picked this

  2. Correct

    good art criticism is sometimes

    Why this is right

    Tania says NO to this claim. A good art critic is not fair/unbiased. Monique says YES, because the best critics shed their biases and use general principles to make their criticism.

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

    59% picked this

  3. art critics should not feel

    Both Disagree (?) / Out of Scope: "should"

    They both expect critics to passionately / emotionally engage. And neither of them are even using "should" language.

    14% picked this

  4. fairness generally requires minimizing the

    Too Strong / Both Agree (?)

    We can't infer whether either person thinks that fairness usually, in more than 50% of cases, requires minimizing bias. It's likely, though, that both authors would agree that fair generally means unbiased.

    5% picked this

  5. the passionate engagement of the

    Too Strong: "the most important aspect"

    Neither person discusses what is the most important part of art criticism, so we wouldn't be able to infer their positions on "#1 aspect".

    5% picked this

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