Logical Reasoning

PT143 · S4 · Q22 Librarian: Some argue that the preservation

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Librarian: Some argue that the preservation grant we received should be used to restore our original copy of our town’s charter, since if the charter is not restored, it will soon deteriorate beyond repair.

Main Conclusion

The money would be better spent preserving documents that have significant scholarly value.

Premises

We are a research library and not a museum.

[This document] has no scholarly value

Opposing Point

The preservation grant we received should be used to restore our original copy of our town’s charter

Opposing Support

If the charter is not restored, it will soon deteriorate beyond repair.

This document [is] sentimentally important.

22.

The claim that the town's charter, if not restored, will soon deteriorate beyond repair plays which one of the following roles in the librarian's argument?

  1. It is a claim that

    Too Strong

    The librarian’s argument attempts to show that a conclusion based on this premise is false, but does not go so far as to say that this claim itself is false.

    5% picked this

  2. It is the conclusion of

    Wrong Role

    This claim is the support for the conclusion rejected by the librarian’s argument.

    6% picked this

  3. Correct

    It is a premise in

    Why this is right

    This correctly describes the role of the claim as opposing support.

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

    83% picked this

  4. It is a premise used

    Wrong Role

    The claim does not support the librarian’s argument, but rather supports the opposing point.

    3% picked this

  5. It is a claim whose

    Wrong Role

    The claim does not support the librarian’s argument, but rather supports the opposing point.

    2% picked this

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