Logical Reasoning

PT144 · S4 · Q10 Richard: Because it fails to meet

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Richard: Because it fails to meet the fundamental requirement of art—that it represent—abstract art will eventually be seen as an aberration.

Richard's Explicit / Implied Claims

1. A fundamental requirement of art is that it represent 2. Abstract art fails to represent 3. Abstract art will eventually be seen as an aberration. 4. It will be seen as an aberration because it doesn't meet the fundamental requirement of art.

Jung-Su's Position on those Claims

1. No comment. Nothing about fundamental requirement. 2. Disagrees? She says that whatever others might come to say", as a noncommittal nod to the future. One day others might come to say abstract art is aberration, who knows? What we do know is that today it's not an aberration; it's part of the mainstream. 4. Since there's no comment on #3, there's definitely no comment on the specific causal mechanism that would lead to #3 coming to pass.

Goal

It looks like claim 2 is the only area where Jung-Su disagrees. So let's look for an answer about whether or not abstract art represents stuff.

10.

Richard and Jung-Su disagree over whether

  1. makers of abstract art reject

    Probably Agree

    Richard doesn't think abstract art represents anything, so he'd believe makers of abstract art reject (any type of) representation. Jung-su conceded that abstract art "may reject literal representation".

    1% picked this

  2. the fundamental requirement of art

    No Comment Person 2

    Jung-Su never addresses anything about any fundamental requirements of art.

    4% picked this

  3. musicians may reject literal representation

    No Comment Person 1

    Richard never discusses anything about musicians. Also, given how softly this is worded, it's hard to imagine anyone in the world disagreeing with this. Someone would have to be arguing "Musicians never reject literal representation".

    0% picked this

  4. abstract art will be seen

    No Comment Person 2

    Richard agrees with this claim, but Jung-Su is noncommittal. She only speaks for the present day, not the future. In regards to the future, she says "whatever others might come to say", which means she hasn't expressed an opinion one way or the other about what people might say in the future. For her last sentence to disagree with this claim, it would need to employ a future tense: Abstract art is part of the artistic mainstream, and will stay that way.

    24% picked this

  5. Correct

    abstract art is representational

    Why this is right

    Richard disagrees, saying that abstract art fails to meet the requirement "that it represent". In other words, Richard is saying that abstract art is nonrepresentational. Jung-Su agrees, because says, "Although abstract artists may reject literal representation, they choose to represent the purely formal features of objects."

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

    71% picked this

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