Logical Reasoning

PT136 · S4 · Q5 A famous artist once claimed

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A famous artist once claimed that all great art imitates nature.

Opposing Point

A famous artist once claimed that all great art imitates nature.

Premises

If this claim is correct, then any music that is great art would imitate nature.

But while some music may imitate ocean waves or the galloping of horses, for example, most great music imitates nothing at all.

Conclusion

The conclusion is implicit and it challenges the famous artist. Either the famous artist is wrong, or the principle is not applicable; if for example, great music is not necessarily great art. While this is not explicitly stated, it is implied by the pivot term “but.”

5.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point of the argument?

  1. Music is inferior to the

    Out of Scope

    The inferiority or the superiority of music is not discussed in the argument.

    1% picked this

  2. Correct

    Either the artist's claim is

    Why this is right

    This offers a rebuttal of the famous artist or the acknowledgement that the principle about great art is not always applicable to great music.

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

    77% picked this

  3. Like some great music, some

    Out of Scope

    Cases of great painting and sculpture are not discussed in the argument.

    8% picked this

  4. Some elements of nature cannot

    Out of Scope

    How adequately great art represents nature is not discussed in the argument.

    11% picked this

  5. Sounds that do not imitate

    Contradiction

    This contradicts the argument’s premise that “most great music imitates nothing at all.”

    3% picked this

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