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The design of Japanese gardens should display harmony with nature.
Rocks found in nature vary widely in appearance.
Hence, rocks chosen for placement in such gardens should vary widely in appearance.
The recommendation in the conclusion comes from an assumption that choosing rocks that vary widely in appearance will help display harmony.
The gardener's argument depends on assuming which one of the following?
The selection of rocks for
To require the selection of rocks for placement in a Japanese garden reflect every key value goes too far.
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In the selection of rocks
Why this is right
This bridges the gap between selecting rocks that vary widely in appearance (imitation of nature) and achieving harmony of nature.
Skill tested: Necessary Assumption · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
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The only criterion for selecting
There could be other criteria for selecting rocks for placement in a Japanese garden other than the expression of harmony with nature.
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Expressing harmony with nature and
Being natural is not relevant to the argument.
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Each component of a genuine
The argument only requires that the rocks vary widely in appearance.
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