Self-study
Professor: Support A person who can select a beverage from among 50 varieties of cola is less free than one who has only these 5 choices: wine, coffee, apple juice, milk, and water. ██ ██ ██████ █████ ████ ██████████ ███████ ██████ ██ ████████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ████████████ ██████████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ███████████ █████ ███ ████████████ ██ ████ █ ████████ ███████
Summarize Argument
The professor concludes that freedom cannot only be measured by the number of options available to someone, and that the variety available in those options is also a relevant part of freedom. This is based on an example about beverages: someone with many beverage options all of a similar kind is less free than someone with fewer beverage options of more various kinds.
Describe Method of Reasoning
The professor draws a conclusion about a general principle using a specific example. The professor uses one hypothetical case where someone has multiple choices—in this case, of beverages—to show that freedom depends on not just the number of choices, but also on the meaningful differences between those choices.
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The professor's argument proceeds by
a
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The professor supports the general principle that freedom depends not just on the number of available choices but also on the variety of those choices, by means of an example about a person choosing from a selection of beverages.
b
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The professor does not make claims about one case from a general principle, but the opposite: the professor draws a conclusion about general principle based on one example case.
c
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The professor does not draw an analogy between cases to support a conclusion. Instead, only one case is used as an example to support the general principle which makes up the professor’s conclusion.
d
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The professor does not make any claims about how qualities of group members relate to qualities of a whole group.
e
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The professor does not infer a general principle from another general principle, but rather infers a general principle from a specific example case.