Jane: Professor Harper’s ideas for modifying the design of guitars are of no value because there is no general agreement among musicians as to what a guitar should sound like and, consequently, no widely accepted basis for evaluating the merits of a guitar’s sound.
Mark: What’s more, Harper’s ideas have had enough time to be adopted if they really resulted in superior sound.
It took only ten years for the Torres design for guitars to be almost universally adopted because of the improvement it makes in tonal quality.
Which one of the following most accurately describes the relationship between Jane’s argument and Mark’s argument?
A. Mark’s argument shows how a
weakness in Jane’s argument can be overcome.
B. Mark’s argument has a
premise in common with Jane’s argument.
C. Mark and Jane use similar
techniques to argue for different conclusions.
D. Mark’s argument
restates Jane’s argument in other terms.
E. Mark’s argument and Jane’s argument are based on
conflicting suppositions.
If someone pays enough attention to the highlighted text in Mark's argument, one will surely get the contrasting conclusion that he makes to Jane's.
Weakness, techniques and restating are irrelevant things that can be eliminated. Only 'common premise' seems to go in right direction, however, it's not. Mark's conclusion suggests that he has a different interpretation of Jane's argument.
Answer E.
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