PT151 S4 Q20 ExplanationAccording to a theory embraced

Answer choices, explained

1. A

   Too Weak7% picked this

   The human ability to think symbolically and to invest anything with meaning makes it very difficult to create

   This makes it seem like the contemporary musicians are probably wrong to believe that music is just a series of sounds with no meaning. But it doesn't have any power to prove that their music has meaning. It says it's very difficult (but not impossible) to make music without meaning, so it's leaving a gap where the music of these contemporary musicians might still be meaningless.

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2. B

   Unrelated to Goal6% picked this

   It will be possible for musicians to create music that means nothing only when listeners are able to accept

   Only when (just like "only if"), introduces necessary ideas. So this says, possible to create music listeners can accept that means nothing → this music theory We're trying to prove that "their music has meaning", so we want to see that idea on the right of the arrow. It looks like we'd have to contrapose this to get the part about 'meaning' onto the right side. The contrapositive looks like this: listeners can't accept impossible to create this music theory What we need is a rule that gives us a right side that looks more like this: such and → music does such is true have meaning Since this rule has no way to prove that music does have meaning, it's useless to us.

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3. C

   Out of Scope: more appealing6% picked this

   The fact that music is distinguishable from a random series of sounds only when it has meaning makes music with meaning more appealing

   This is not giving us a rule that allows us to prove that certain music does have meaning, so it's useless to us. It should also be a red flag on Sufficient Assumption when you see answer choices bring in new ideas, like more appealing to audiences.

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4. D

   Out of Scope4% picked this

   Music that opposes current popular conceptions of music is less likely to be enjoyed by audiences than is music

   Out of Scope: less likely enjoyed No Impact This is not giving us a rule that allows us to prove that certain music does have meaning, so it's useless to us. It should also be a red flag on Sufficient Assumption when you see answer choices bring in new ideas, like less likely to be enjoyed by audiences.

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5. E

   Correct77% picked this

   Musicians whose music has no meaning do not preface their performances with explanations

   Why this is right

   In classic form, they've given us the predicted missing link in its contrapositive form. musician whose → don't preface a performance music has no w/ explanation of intention meaning So, preface performance → not a musician whose w/ explanation of music has no meaning intention These contemporary musicians preface their performances with an explanation of their intentions, so according to this rule, they are either not musicians, or they're musicians whose music does have meaning. We know they're musicians, so this rule is telling us that their music does have meaning. Thus, we've derived the conclusion.

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

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