PT149 S3 Q13 ExplanationScience cannot adequately explain

Answer choices, explained

1. A

   Illegal Reversal17% picked this

   Whatever is not a physical phenomenon cannot be explained

   The word whatever is a sufficient indicator, because it refers to a universal, a categorical statement. Whatever, whenever, whoever, wherever, etc. would all be sufficient indicators. So this answer says: If not a physical ? can't be explained phenomena by science We'd love to have the reversal of that, because that could be a correct answer. But this is nothing. Any time an answer puts the Conclusion into the trigger, it's wrong. The conclusion always has to match the right side, the Outcome, of the conditional.

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2. B

   Unrelated to Goal0% picked this

   Nothing that can be felt by only one subject can be

   This isn't providing any proving mechanism with the words (or idea) "not physical phenomena", so it's functionally hopeless. We will only be able to derive that something is not a physical phenomena if we find an answer that defines some necessary trait of physical phenomena.

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3. C

   Unrelated to Goal1% picked this

   Physics, chemistry, and neurophysiology have similar

   This isn't providing any proving mechanism with the words (or idea) "not physical phenomena", so it's functionally hopeless. We will only be able to derive that something is not a physical phenomena if we find an answer that defines some necessary trait of physical phenomena.

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4. D

   If-Conclusion5% picked this

   Whatever is not a physical phenomenon is an

   The word whatever is a sufficient indicator, because it refers to a universal, a categorical statement. Whatever, whenever, whoever, wherever, etc. would all be sufficient indicators. So this answer says: If not a physical ? then an emotional phenomena phenomena We'd love to have the reversal of that, because that could be a correct answer. But this is nothing. Any time an answer puts the Conclusion into the trigger, it's wrong. The conclusion always has to match the right side, the Outcome, of the conditional.

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5. E

   Correct76% picked this

   Every physical phenomenon can be explained by physics, chemistry,

   Why this is right

   Like most correct answers on Sufficient Assumption, we have to contrapose it to understand why it works. As stated, the universal word every would mean the rule looks like this: Physical ? can be explained by phys, phenomenon chem, or neurophysiology The contrapositive perfectly matches the move from the premise (Since) to the conclusion. cannot be explained by phys, ? not physical chem, or neurophysiology phenomenon We know that human emotions can't be explained by Phys / Chem / Neuro, and so according to this rule, human emotions are not physical phenomena.

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

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