Pure science—research with no immediate commercial or technological

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Pure science—research with no immediate commercial or technological application—is a public good. Such research requires a great amount of financial support and does not yield profits in the short term. Since private corporations will not undertake to support activities that do not yield short-term profits, a society that wants to reap the benefits of pure science ought to use public funds to support such research.

The claim about private corporations serves which one of the following functions in the argument?

(A) It expresses the conclusion of the argument.

(B) It explains what is meant by the expression “pure research” in the context of the argument.

(C) It distracts attention from the point at issue by introducing a different but related goal.

(D) It supports the conclusion by ruling out an alternative way of achieving the benefits mentioned.

(E) It illustrates a case where unfortunate consequences result from a failure to accept the recommendation offered.

ramlala · Answer

Pure science—research with no immediate commercial or technological application—is a public good. Such research requires a great amount of financial support and does not yield profits in the short term. Since private corporations will not undertake to support activities that do not yield short-term profits, a society that wants to reap the benefits of pure science ought to use public funds to support such research.

The claim about private corporations serves which one of the following functions in the argument?

(A) It expresses the conclusion of the argument.  The Conclusion of the argument is " society that wants to reap the benefits of pure science ought to use public funds to support such research"

(B) It explains what is meant by the expression “pure research” in the context of the argument.:  there is not "pure reasearch" in argument. Not relevant.

(C) It distracts attention from the point at issue by introducing a different but related goal.  The goal is of financial support. The private corporations introduced for the same goal.

(D) It supports the conclusion by ruling out an alternative way of achieving the benefits mentioned.  The sentance "Since private corporations will not undertake to support activities that do not yield short-term profits" supports the conclusion and also rules out the alternative way of financial support for the public good. This sentence is true and explain the "private corporations" very well.

(E) It illustrates a case where unfortunate consequences result from a failure to accept the recommendation offered.  There is no unfortunate consequences mentioned in the argument.

winterschool · Answer

Pure science—research with no immediate commercial or technological application—is a public good. Such research requires a great amount of financial support and does not yield profits in the short term. Since private corporations will not undertake to support activities that do not yield short-term profits, a society that wants to reap the benefits of pure science ought to use public funds to support such research.

The claim about private corporations serves which one of the following functions in the argument?

(A) It expresses the conclusion of the argument.  Incorrect

(B) It explains what is meant by the expression “pure research” in the context of the argument.  Incorrect

(C) It distracts attention from the point at issue by introducing a different but related goal.  Incorrect

(D) It supports the conclusion by ruling out an alternative way of achieving the benefits mentioned.  Correct

(E) It illustrates a case where unfortunate consequences result from a failure to accept the recommendation offered.  Incorrect

The claim about private corporations is a premises that support conclusion

Answer should be D

prateekchugh · Answer

KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

(D)  Role of a Statement

Keywords reveal an argument’s structure. The conclusion of this argument comes at the very end, when the author recommends that societies use public funds to support pure science. The claim in question—that private corporations won’t support activities that don’t have short-term profitability— comes just before that conclusion, and is preceded by the word “since,” a word that is a dead giveaway for evidence. In this argument, as in any argument, the role of evidence is to provide support for the conclusion.  (D)  gets more specific, but summarizes that role perfectly.

(A)  The claim is not the conclusion, but support for the conclusion – two very different things.

(B)  The expression “pure research” isn’t even in the argument, so the claim could not possibly explain its meaning.

(C)  The claim in question is wholly relevant to the point at issue, and does not introduce any other goals.

(E)  A recommendation is offered in the argument, but that’s about the only thing that  (E)  gets right. The claim in question refers to private corporations, and private corporations don’t need to accept the recommendation because the recommendation isn’t even for them.

doeadeer · Answer

Pure science—research with no immediate commercial or technological application—is a public good. Such research requires a great amount of financial support and does not yield profits in the short term. Since private corporations will not undertake to support activities that do not yield short-term profits, a society that wants to reap the benefits of pure science ought to use public funds to support such research.

The claim about private corporations serves which one of the following functions in the argument?

(A) It expresses the conclusion of the argument.
  The conclusion here is that the society that wants to benefit from pure science should use public funds to support such research. Hence, this is incorrect.

(B) It explains what is meant by the expression “pure research” in the context of the argument.
  Illogical. Private society's function is asked.

(C) It distracts attention from the point at issue by introducing a different but related goal.
  Private funding is not the goal - means to achieve it

(D) It supports the conclusion by ruling out an alternative way of achieving the benefits mentioned.
   This is correct. Pure research can get funding from public or private funds. The statement rules out private funding, i.e. an alternative way of achieving benefit

(E) It illustrates a case where unfortunate consequences result from a failure to accept the recommendation offered.
  Not vetting private funding is not a consequence. Also no recommendation is offered in the paragraph

NupurGovil · Answer

Quite difficult for me. I chose B, not paying attention to the fact that "pure research" is not even mentioned in the argument:(. D indeed seems more logical.

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