Logical Reasoning

PT144 · S3 · Q7 Critic: The recent biography

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Critic: The recent biography of Shakespeare does not explain what is of most interest about him.

Opposing Evidence

The recent biography is by an expert on the history of Elizabethan England.

Opposing Conclusion

The recent biography does a good job of showing what life would have been likefor Shakespeare as a man of that time.

Evidence

The recent biography ~ED does not explain what made Shakespeare different from his contemporaries.

Conclusion

The recent biography of ~EMI Shakespeare does not explain what is of most interest about him.

Evaluate

The argument assumes EMI → ED that what is of most interest about Shakespeare is what made Shakespeare different from his contemporaries.

7.

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

  1. There is no way to

    Supports a Premise

    This supports a premise in the argument.

    3% picked this

  2. The life of the average

    Out of Scope

    Whether the life of the average man is interesting is not relevant to the argument.

    1% picked this

  3. Shakespeare was very different from

    Supports a Premise

    This supports a premise in the argument.

    6% picked this

  4. A biography should always focus

    Out of Scope

    What a biography should focus on is not relevant to the argument.

    4% picked this

  5. Correct

    What is most interesting about

    Why this is right

    This bridges the gap EMI ? ED between what is most interesting about Shakespeare and what made him different from his contemporaries.

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

    87% picked this

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