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Some philosophers explain visual perception by suggestion that when we visually perceive an object, a mental image of that object forms in our mind. However, this hypothesis cannot be correct, since it would require an inner self visually perceiving the newly formed mental image; this would in turn require that he inner self have a mental image of that mental image and so on. But such an infinite regress is absurd.
Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its pattern of reasoning to the argument above?
(A) According to some linguists, many of the world's languages can be tracked back to a common source known as indo-European. However, Indo-European cannot be the earliest language for if it were, then there would be no language from which it was derived. But this is highly unlikely, given the overwhelming evidence that humans spoke long before the advent of Indo-European.
(B) The claim that any scientific theory is adequate as long as it agrees with all the empirical data cannot be correct For there are an infinite number of theories all of which account equally well for the empirical data, and they cannot all be true at the same time.
(C) Some historians claim that no theory is ever genuinely new; no matter how clever a theory is, there is always a precedent theory that contains its gist. But if this were true, then every theory would have a precedent theory contains its gist, and this precedent theory would have a precedent theory, and so on, without end. Since this is clearly impossible, the historians' claim must be false.
(D) Some engineers define a structure's foundation as that part of the structure that supports the rest of the structure. This definition is unfortunate, however, because it evokes the suggestion that the foundation itself does not have any support, which, of course, is absurd.
(E) Some people claim that the first library was the library of Alexandria, which for many centuries contained the largest collection of books in the world. However, Alexandria's collection was itself put together from smaller collections, small libraries in themselves. It follows that the library of Alexandria was not the first in the world.
Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its pattern of reasoning to the argument above?
(A) According to some linguists, many of the world's languages can be tracked back to a common source known as indo-European. However, Indo-European cannot be the earliest language for if it were, then there would be no language from which it was derived. But this is highly unlikely, given the overwhelming evidence that humans spoke long before the advent of Indo-European.
(B) The claim that any scientific theory is adequate as long as it agrees with all the empirical data cannot be correct For there are an infinite number of theories all of which account equally well for the empirical data, and they cannot all be true at the same time.
(C) Some historians claim that no theory is ever genuinely new; no matter how clever a theory is, there is always a precedent theory that contains its gist. But if this were true, then every theory would have a precedent theory contains its gist, and this precedent theory would have a precedent theory, and so on, without end. Since this is clearly impossible, the historians' claim must be false.
(D) Some engineers define a structure's foundation as that part of the structure that supports the rest of the structure. This definition is unfortunate, however, because it evokes the suggestion that the foundation itself does not have any support, which, of course, is absurd.
(E) Some people claim that the first library was the library of Alexandria, which for many centuries contained the largest collection of books in the world. However, Alexandria's collection was itself put together from smaller collections, small libraries in themselves. It follows that the library of Alexandria was not the first in the world.
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Some philosophers explain visual perception by suggestion that when we visually perceive an object, a mental image of that object forms in our mind. - Premise
However, this hypothesis cannot be correct, since it would require an inner self visually perceiving the newly formed mental image; this would in turn require that he inner self have a mental image of that mental image and so on. But such an infinite regress is absurd. - Counter Premise
The main thing the Author is saying is - One thing leads to another and then another --- INFINITY.
We have to find something which follows this Pattern.
(A) According to some linguists, many of the world's languages can be tracked back to a common source known as indo-European. However, Indo-European cannot be the earliest language for if it were, then there would be no language from which it was derived. But this is highly unlikely, given the overwhelming evidence that humans spoke long before the advent of Indo-European. - We don't want to track anything ( X )
(B) The claim that any scientific theory is adequate as long as it agrees with all the empirical data cannot be correct For there are an infinite number of theories all of which account equally well for the empirical data, and they cannot all be true at the same time. - INCORRECT ( X )
(C) Some historians claim that no theory is ever genuinely new; no matter how clever a theory is, there is always a precedent theory that contains its gist. But if this were true, then every theory would have a precedent theory contains its gist, and this precedent theory would have a precedent theory, and so on, without end. Since this is clearly impossible, the historians' claim must be false. - As the main question everything thing is INTERCONNECTED. One things leads to Another and Another -- so on. ( ✔ )
(D) Some engineers define a structure's foundation as that part of the structure that supports the rest of the structure. This definition is unfortunate, however, because it evokes the suggestion that the foundation itself does not have any support, which, of course, is absurd. - Nothing is compared ( X )
(E) Some people claim that the first library was the library of Alexandria, which for many centuries contained the largest collection of books in the world. However, Alexandria's collection was itself put together from smaller collections, small libraries in themselves. It follows that the library of Alexandria was not the first in the world. - Not talking about which came first ( X )
Some philosophers explain visual perception by suggestion that when we visually perceive an object, a mental image of that object forms in our mind. - Premise
However, this hypothesis cannot be correct, since it would require an inner self visually perceiving the newly formed mental image; this would in turn require that he inner self have a mental image of that mental image and so on. But such an infinite regress is absurd. - Counter Premise
The main thing the Author is saying is - One thing leads to another and then another --- INFINITY.
We have to find something which follows this Pattern.
(A) According to some linguists, many of the world's languages can be tracked back to a common source known as indo-European. However, Indo-European cannot be the earliest language for if it were, then there would be no language from which it was derived. But this is highly unlikely, given the overwhelming evidence that humans spoke long before the advent of Indo-European. - We don't want to track anything ( X )
(B) The claim that any scientific theory is adequate as long as it agrees with all the empirical data cannot be correct For there are an infinite number of theories all of which account equally well for the empirical data, and they cannot all be true at the same time. - INCORRECT ( X )
(C) Some historians claim that no theory is ever genuinely new; no matter how clever a theory is, there is always a precedent theory that contains its gist. But if this were true, then every theory would have a precedent theory contains its gist, and this precedent theory would have a precedent theory, and so on, without end. Since this is clearly impossible, the historians' claim must be false. - As the main question everything thing is INTERCONNECTED. One things leads to Another and Another -- so on. ( ✔ )
(D) Some engineers define a structure's foundation as that part of the structure that supports the rest of the structure. This definition is unfortunate, however, because it evokes the suggestion that the foundation itself does not have any support, which, of course, is absurd. - Nothing is compared ( X )
(E) Some people claim that the first library was the library of Alexandria, which for many centuries contained the largest collection of books in the world. However, Alexandria's collection was itself put together from smaller collections, small libraries in themselves. It follows that the library of Alexandria was not the first in the world. - Not talking about which came first ( X )
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