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07 Feb 2020, 09:12
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Philosopher: The eighteenth-century thesis that motion is absolute asserts that the change in an object’s position over time could be measured without reference to the position of any other object. A well-respected physicist, however, claims that this thesis is incoherent. Since a thesis that is incoherent cannot be accepted as a description of reality, motion cannot be absolute.
The argument uses which one of the following argumentative techniques?
(A) attempting to persuade by the mere use of technical terminology
(B) using experimental results to justify a change in definition
(C) relying on the authority of an expert to support a premise
(D) inferring from what has been observed to be the case under experimental conditions to what is in principle true
(E) generalizing from what is true in one region of space to what must be true in all regions of space
The argument uses which one of the following argumentative techniques?
(A) attempting to persuade by the mere use of technical terminology
(B) using experimental results to justify a change in definition
(C) relying on the authority of an expert to support a premise
(D) inferring from what has been observed to be the case under experimental conditions to what is in principle true
(E) generalizing from what is true in one region of space to what must be true in all regions of space
01 Mar 2020, 08:23
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The answer is choice C.
Choice A: The well-respected physicist does not use any technical terms. The physicist only says that the thesis is incoherent. ‘Incoherent’ is not a technical term. Incorrect.
Choice B: The passage makes no reference of experiments.
Choice C: The philosopher makes reference of a well-respected physicist to support the claim that motion cannot be absolute.
Choice D: Similar to choice B. Incorrect.
Choice E: The philosopher makes no comparisons/generalizations of any kind. Incorrect.
Choice A: The well-respected physicist does not use any technical terms. The physicist only says that the thesis is incoherent. ‘Incoherent’ is not a technical term. Incorrect.
Choice B: The passage makes no reference of experiments.
Choice C: The philosopher makes reference of a well-respected physicist to support the claim that motion cannot be absolute.
Choice D: Similar to choice B. Incorrect.
Choice E: The philosopher makes no comparisons/generalizations of any kind. Incorrect.
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