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13 Jul 2019, 02:13
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The senator has long held to the general principle that no true work of art is obscene, and thus that there is no conflict between the need to encourage free artistic expression and the need to protect the sensibilities of the public from obscenity. When well-known works generally viewed as obscene are cited as possible counterexamples, the senator justifies accepting the principle by saying that if these works really are obscene then they cannot be works of art.
The senator’s reasoning contains which one of the following errors?
(A) It seeks to persuade by emotional rather than intellectual means.
(B) It contains an implicit contradiction.
(C) It relies on an assertion of the senator’s authority.
(D) It assumes what it seeks to establish.
(E) It attempts to justify a position by appeal to an irrelevant consideration.
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The senator’s reasoning contains which one of the following errors?
(A) It seeks to persuade by emotional rather than intellectual means.
(B) It contains an implicit contradiction.
(C) It relies on an assertion of the senator’s authority.
(D) It assumes what it seeks to establish.
(E) It attempts to justify a position by appeal to an irrelevant consideration.
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13 Jul 2019, 03:56
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Premise: If art, then not obscene
=> If obscene, then not art
So, the senator is assuming what he needs to establish.
(A) It seeks to persuade by emotional rather than intellectual means.
There is no emotional statement that the senator makes.
(B) It contains an implicit contradiction.
The senator is not contradicting what he said. He sticks with what he suggests.
(C) It relies on an assertion of the senator’s authority.
He is not posing anything because of his authority.
(D) It assumes what it seeks to establish.
Correct answer.
(E) It attempts to justify a position by appeal to an irrelevant consideration.
=> If obscene, then not art
So, the senator is assuming what he needs to establish.
(A) It seeks to persuade by emotional rather than intellectual means.
There is no emotional statement that the senator makes.
(B) It contains an implicit contradiction.
The senator is not contradicting what he said. He sticks with what he suggests.
(C) It relies on an assertion of the senator’s authority.
He is not posing anything because of his authority.
(D) It assumes what it seeks to establish.
Correct answer.
(E) It attempts to justify a position by appeal to an irrelevant consideration.
16 Aug 2024, 06:16
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GMATNinja - Can you help to distinguish between option choices B and D?
This looks like a circular argument where the author says that any true work of art cannot be obscene but at the same time when famous well known works are shown as obscene then the author says that these cannot be true works of art.
Doesnt this look like a contradiction..looks like just to prove a point, he said it cannot be true works of art - just to fit his hypothesis??
karishma sajjad
This looks like a circular argument where the author says that any true work of art cannot be obscene but at the same time when famous well known works are shown as obscene then the author says that these cannot be true works of art.
Doesnt this look like a contradiction..looks like just to prove a point, he said it cannot be true works of art - just to fit his hypothesis??
karishma sajjad
