Vincent: No scientific discipline

Answer choices

1. A

   Unsupported Disagree Position6% picked this

   Happiness is an entirely subjective

   If anything, we would assume that Yolanda and Vincent agree on this matter. Vincent clearly agrees with this, but we can't derive from Yolanda that happiness isn't entirely subjective. Can we support, from her paragraph, that "at least part of happiness is an objective experience"? No.

   6%
2. B

   Out of Scope Person 1: optometry2% picked this

   Optometry is a scientific

   We know that Yolanda agrees to this, but we couldn't derive from Vincent's statements that he thinks that optometry is not a scientific discipline.

   2%
3. C

   Correct78% picked this

   A scientific discipline can rely on

   Why this is right

   Vincent would disagree. In going from claim 2 to claim 3, he's assuming that "if entirely subjective experience, then can't be measured", and his claim 1 says that "if can't be measured, then scientific discipline can't study it". So Vincent is logically committed to "If entirely subjective, then can't have scientific discipline". Yolanda would agree with this, because these thinks that optometry "relies on subjective reports" and "is a scientific discipline".

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

   78%
4. D

   Out of Scope Person 1: optometry7% picked this

   Happiness research is as much a scientific discipline as

   Since Vincent never discusses optometry, we know we can't derive his opinion on this answer choice.

   7%
5. E

   Trap8% picked this

   Experiences that cannot be measured are entirely

   Reversed Logic of Person 1 Out of Scope Person 2: can't be measured Vincent committed himself to this assumption: entirely subjective ? can't be measured This answer choice is saying, can't be measured ? entirely subjective So, we have no way to infer Vincent's position on the conditional in this answer choice, because all he said relating to this connection was a reversed version. We have no idea if the thinks this connection works in the opposite direction as well, so we don't know whether he agrees or disagrees.

   8%