Logical Reasoning

PT132 · S2 · Q14 Music professor: Because rap

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Music professor: Because rap musicians can work alone in a recording studio, they need not accommodate supporting musicians' wishes.

Evidence

It's individualistic, because rappers work alone in a studio so they're not beholden to the wishes of any bandmates. It's nontraditional because learning to rap isn't as formal as learning an instrument.

Critic's Implicit Conclusion

You're overstating how individualistic and nontraditional rap is.

Evidence

It is not purely the rapper's individual whims; it's also the preferences of the public. And there is very much a tradition, when it comes to samples, themes, and styles.

Evaluation

How does the critic respond? She brings up some additional considerations / information that impact the sort of assumptions the professor was making. He was thinking: - if you don't have bandmates, then you're just trying to please yourself - if you aren't learning an instrument, then you're not partaking in traditional music form

Goal

Look for an answer that says the critic brought up some other considerations that argue against the two things that the professor was concluding.

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The music critic's response to the music professor's argument

challenges it by offering evidence
Trap
Goes After Both Parts of the Conclusion Attacks Assumptions, Not Evidence This critic tackled the rationale for individualistic and nontraditional, so this is wrong in terms of saying it went "against one". But it's also pretty much never the case anything on LSAT goes against the the truth of the evidence presented. We go after its force, its relevance, its trustworthiness, but not its truth. The critic didn't say, "Rappers are working with other musicians in the studio, or rappers are learning musical instruments."
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challenges its conclusion concerning rap
Why this is right
The additional observations brought up by the critic suggest that rappers aren't just trying to please themselves and aren't operating outside of a traditional art form.
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challenges the grounds on which
Doesn't Generalize
The professor doesn't go from talking about rap in his premise to not talking about rap in his conclusion. There's no generalization. The author just argues, "Because these facts are true about rap, these qualities are apt in describing rap."
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challenges it by offering an
No Alternative Explanations
The professor didn't present any phenomenon in need of an explanation. He described aspects of the phenomenon of creating rap music, but he never offered an explanation for why that happens. His conclusion sounds more like a result what is said in the premise. And the critic certainly isn't presenting alternative storylines for something that happened / is happening. She is just bringing up other true facts about rap music. We don't hear the critic saying, "The REAL reason that rap musicians are alone in the studio is _______. The REAL reason they don't learn an instrument is _______ ."
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challenges each of a group
Bad Evidence Match
The music professor concludes something about individuality and tradition, but there is nothing about those things in his evidence. There certainly isn't a group of claims about tradition and individuality in the professor's evidence.
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