Sumi1010 wrote:
Hi
AndrewN,
VeritasKarishmaMay I request you to help me understand it.
How is the 2nd BF a premise and not a conclusion?
The sentence has a structure : If X happens, then Y happens. (i.e. a conditional situation).
Clearly, the consequence (Y)
of the condition (X) is a prediction .
A final claim,opinion or prediction would be conclusion of the argument.
IMO:
1. IF X happens, then Y happens/should be done -- Y is the conclusion. Example -
If the government wishes to reduce the incidence of road accidents, it should ban the sale of SUVs in the city.Conclusion is -
the government should ban the sale of SUVs in the city.2. To do X, Y is done/likely to be done -- X is the conclusion.Example-
To reduce the incidence of road accidents, the government planned to ban the sale of SUVs in the city. Which of the following, if true, will help the government achieve its plan? i.e.
= If the sale of SUVs is banned, then the incidence of road accidents will be reduced.Conclusion is -
The plan will be successful i.e. the incidence of road accidents will be reduced. Is my above understanding correct?
Hello,
Sumi1010. I agree with the approach you outlined in your original post. I was also not entirely comfortable with the latter part of (D), but I
knew everything else was off, so I chose (D). Regarding the above post, I think you understand the conditional relationship of an
if/then framework. The second one, though, is not necessarily true. Consider the sentence,
To win [the game], I have to cheat. It is a stretch to call
to win a conclusion, and if I rewrite the sentence as a conditional—
If I cheat, I can win—the sentences are slightly different in what they convey. Getting back to the earlier sentence, I might call
to win an anticipated
result or consequence of a series of events playing out, but I think of a conclusion as something a little different, more along the lines of
X therefore/thus Y. In any case, I would be more concerned about the issue if I found myself stymied by the verbiage used in an official question.
- Andrew
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