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The university's decision to scale back significantly its teaching of the literary and philosophical classics of the Western Tradition is misguided. Proponents of the move argue that today's students are not interested in these works and desire more practical business-related courses that will help them in their future careers. But any student lacking a sufficient grounding in the thought and tradition that underlie the present civilization cannot be said to be fully educated. The classics are the primary vehicle for instilling such knowledge.

Which of the following best expresses the relationship between the two bolded statements above?

A. The first statement offers a hypothesis and the second statement offers conflicting evidence.

B. The first statement suggests an alternative explanation for the phenomenon described in the second statement.

C. The second statement provides evidence for a conclusion drawn in the first statement.

D. The second statement must be true for the first statement to be true.

E. The second statement is an inference drawn from the first statement.
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The university's decision to scale back significantly its teaching of the literary and philosophical classics of the Western Tradition is misguided. Proponents of the move argue that today's students are not interested in these works and desire more practical business-related courses that will help them in their future careers. But any student lacking a sufficient grounding in the thought and tradition that underlie the present civilization cannot be said to be fully educated. The classics are the primary vehicle for instilling such knowledge.

Which of the following best expresses the relationship between the two bolded statements above?

A. The first statement offers a hypothesis and the second statement offers conflicting evidence.

B. The first statement suggests an alternative explanation for the phenomenon described in the second statement.

C. The second statement provides evidence for a conclusion drawn in the first statement.

D. The second statement must be true for the first statement to be true.

E. The second statement is an inference drawn from the first statement.
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Flow of ideas in the stimulus is as under

1. Students not interested in Philo Classics , desire Prac. Business courses
2. BUT : Lacking these knowledge can not be called fully educated
3. Becase (2nd Bold) : Classics = Primary vehicle for instilling knowledge.
4. THUS (1st Bold) : Univs Decision to roll back Lit & Philo Classics is misguided.

1st Bold part is derived from 2nd Bold part

(A) conflicting evidence. - Incorrect.
(B) alternative explanation - Incorrect
(C) Looks good keep for now
(D) Looks good keep for now
(E) inference drawn from the first statement- Incorrect.

Between (C) and (D) , in (C) "Primary vehicle for instilling knowledge" is a fact , hence this clealy provides evidence for the first bold part, answer must be (C).
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The university's decision to scale back significantly its teaching of the literary and philosophical classics of the Western Tradition is misguided. Proponents of the move argue that today's students are not interested in these works and desire more practical business-related courses that will help them in their future careers. But any student lacking a sufficient grounding in the thought and tradition that underlie the present civilization cannot be said to be fully educated. The classics are the primary vehicle for instilling such knowledge.

Which of the following best expresses the relationship between the two bolded statements above?

A. The first statement offers a hypothesis and the second statement offers conflicting evidence.

B. The first statement suggests an alternative explanation for the phenomenon described in the second statement.

C. The second statement provides evidence for a conclusion drawn in the first statement.

D. The second statement must be true for the first statement to be true.

E. The second statement is an inference drawn from the first statement.
Flow of ideas in the stimulus is as under

1. Students not interested in Philo Classics , desire Prac. Business courses
2. BUT : Lacking these knowledge can not be called fully educated
3. Becase (2nd Bold) : Classics = Primary vehicle for instilling knowledge.
4. THUS (1st Bold) : Univs Decision to roll back Lit & Philo Classics is misguided.

1st Bold part is derived from 2nd Bold part

(A) conflicting evidence. - Incorrect.
(B) alternative explanation - Incorrect
(C) Looks good keep for now
(D) Looks good keep for now
(E) inference drawn from the first statement- Incorrect.

Between (C) and (D) , in (C) "Primary vehicle for instilling knowledge" is a fact , hence this clealy provides evidence for the first bold part, answer must be (C).
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I'm still not sure about this one - I selected D instead of C.
I still can't fault D enough to select C over it. I can see how C is correct but imo D is also equally correct because if the second bolded statement were false then the whole conclusion would fall apart. If "The classics are NOT the primary vehicle for instilling such knowledge" then we CAN'T say that the "The university's decision to scale back the literary and philosophical classics is misguided. Therefore if statement 2 is not true then statement 1 is also not true.

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The university's decision to scale back significantly its teaching of 09 Oct 2023, 11:49
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The university's decision to scale back significantly its teaching of the literary and philosophical classics of the Western Tradition is misguided. Proponents of the move argue that today's students are not interested in these works and desire more practical business-related courses that will help them in their future careers. But any student lacking a sufficient grounding in the thought and tradition that underlie the present civilization cannot be said to be fully educated. The classics are the primary vehicle for instilling such knowledge.

Which of the following best expresses the relationship between the two bolded statements above?

A. The first statement offers a hypothesis and the second statement offers conflicting evidence.

B. The first statement suggests an alternative explanation for the phenomenon described in the second statement.

C. The second statement provides evidence for a conclusion drawn in the first statement.

D. The second statement must be true for the first statement to be true.

E. The second statement is an inference drawn from the first statement.
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I had picked D myself, but after re-assessing the options here's why D isn't the answer:

D says that the second bolded statement (Classics are the PRIMARY VEHICLE for such knowledge) must be true for the first bolded statement to be true. However, even if classics aren't the primary vehicle, say something else is the primary vehicle and classics are only the secondary vehicle for obtaining such knowledge, even in that case the decision can be misguided.

Please share the OE :)
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why c and not D Bunuel please provide explanation
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The university's decision to scale back significantly its teaching of the literary and philosophical classics of the Western Tradition is misguided. Proponents of the move argue that today's students are not interested in these works and desire more practical business-related courses that will help them in their future careers. But any student lacking a sufficient grounding in the thought and tradition that underlie the present civilization cannot be said to be fully educated. The classics are the primary vehicle for instilling such knowledge.

Which of the following best expresses the relationship between the two bolded statements above?

A. The first statement offers a hypothesis and the second statement offers conflicting evidence.

B. The first statement suggests an alternative explanation for the phenomenon described in the second statement.

C. The second statement provides evidence for a conclusion drawn in the first statement.

D. The second statement must be true for the first statement to be true.

E. The second statement is an inference drawn from the first statement.
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I also had to decide between the two. And why I selected C was that it was simply the more precise / accurate answer choice.

First bold statement is clearly a conclusion. And the second is a premise supporting the conclusion.

Whereas D states the second MUST be true for the first statement (a conclusion) to be true. But you can argue it’s not necessary for the argument to be sound. Since the statement before says students will be less educated without it.
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The university's decision to scale back significantly its teaching of the literary and philosophical classics of the Western Tradition is misguided. Proponents of the move argue that today's students are not interested in these works and desire more practical business-related courses that will help them in their future careers. But any student lacking a sufficient grounding in the thought and tradition that underlie the present civilization cannot be said to be fully educated. The classics are the primary vehicle for instilling such knowledge.

Which of the following best expresses the relationship between the two bolded statements above?

A. The first statement offers a hypothesis and the second statement offers conflicting evidence.

B. The first statement suggests an alternative explanation for the phenomenon described in the second statement.

C. The second statement provides evidence for a conclusion drawn in the first statement.

D. The second statement must be true for the first statement to be true.

E. The second statement is an inference drawn from the first statement.
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The second statement provides evidence for a conclusion drawn in the first statement.

Why the second statement provides evidence? Saying "The classics are the primary vehicle for..." is a claim made by the author. It does not come from any research, it's not a revealed or well-known fact. It might not be the primary vehicle, how about the secondary vehicle? Is there a finding to support that this is the primary one? Not at all. Hence, letter D.
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