PT159 S3 Q24 ExplanationPrinciple: An author of an article that has appeared in a magazine

Answer choices, explained

1. A

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   McFinton's essay on self-deception appeared in Speculator's Digest as well as

   This tells us McFinton's essay appeared in Speculator's Digest as well as other magazines, but it says nothing about where Wallace's criticism appeared. Without knowing whether Wallace's article was in Speculator's Digest (condition a) or was elsewhere and unfair (condition b), the principle does not license McFinton's response. Half the trigger is missing.

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2. B

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   Wallace's most recent article was published in Speculator's Digest as well as

   This tells us where Wallace's article appeared (Speculator's Digest, among others), but it does not tell us where McFinton's original essay appeared. The principle only gives McFinton the right to respond in the magazine where McFinton's own essay was published. Without that piece, we cannot say "that magazine" is Speculator's Digest.

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3. C

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   McFinton's essay on self-deception appeared only in Speculator's Digest, while Wallace's article has been published in a wide

   This places McFinton's essay only in Speculator's Digest and Wallace's article in other magazines. That sets up condition (b) — McFinton wants to respond in Speculator's Digest to a criticism published elsewhere — but condition (b) also requires that the criticism be unfair. This answer says nothing about whether Wallace's article is unfair, so it does not finish triggering the principle.

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4. D

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   Both McFinton's essay on self-deception and Wallace's most recent article were published

   Why this is right

   This nails down both pieces of condition (a). McFinton's essay was published in Speculator's Digest — so "that magazine" is Speculator's Digest, the magazine in which McFinton wants to respond. And Wallace's harshly critical article was also published in Speculator's Digest — meaning the criticism appeared in the same magazine as the original article. That satisfies condition (a) of the principle, and the application follows: McFinton may respond in Speculator's Digest.

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

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5. E

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   Wallace's most recent article appeared in Speculator's Digest and was unfair in its harsh criticism of

   This places Wallace's article in Speculator's Digest and adds that it was unfair, but it tells us nothing about where McFinton's original essay appeared. If McFinton's essay never appeared in Speculator's Digest, the principle gives McFinton no right to respond there. The "in that magazine" anchor depends on where the original article was published, and this answer leaves that blank.

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