Logical Reasoning

PT143 · S4 · Q13 An art critic, by ridiculing an artwork

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An art critic, by ridiculing an artwork, can undermine the pleasure one takes in it; conversely, by lavishing praise upon an artwork, an art critic can render the experience of viewing the artwork more pleasurable.

Evidence

An art critic, by ridiculing an R -causes→ ↓P artwork, can undermine the pleasure one takes in it.

Conversely, by lavishing P -causes→ ↑P praise upon an artwork, an art critic can render the experience of viewing the artwork more pleasurable.

Conclusion

So an artwork’s artistic merit R or P -causes→ ↓M or ↑M can depend not only on the person who creates it but also on those who critically evaluate it.

Evaluate

The argument assumes that ↓P or ↑P -causes→ ↓M or ↑M the amount of pleasure one experiences when viewing an artwork contributes to the artistic merit of the artwork.

13.

The conclusion can be properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?

  1. Correct

    The merit of an artistic

    Why this is right

    This bridges the gap ↓P or ↑P -causes→ ↓M or ↑M in the chain of causal reasoning, connecting the amount of pleasure one experiences when viewing an artwork and the artistic merit of an artwork.

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

    77% picked this

  2. Most people lack the confidence

    Too Weak

    That people lack the confidence to make their own evaluations of art does not imply that they are influenced by the evaluations of art critics.

    1% picked this

  3. Art critics understand what gives

    Weakens

    This suggests that critics assess the artistic merit of an artwork, while the conclusion suggests that critical evaluations contribute to the artistic merit of an artwork.

    2% picked this

  4. Most people seek out critical

    Too Weak

    While this would support the view that the pleasure experienced by people who view particular artworks is usually influenced by art critics, but this does not support a conclusion about the artistic merit of those artworks.

    6% picked this

  5. The pleasure people take in

    Supports a Premise

    This supports the first and second premises.

    15% picked this

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