Self-study
Vincent: Support No scientific discipline can study something that cannot be measured, and since Support happiness is an entirely subjective experience, Conclusion it cannot be measured.
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Speaker 1 Summary
Vincent argues that scientific disciplines can only study things that can be measured. Because happiness is a subjective experience, it cannot be measured.
Speaker 2 Summary
Yolanda counters by making an analogy to optometry. She argues that optometrists rely on patients’ subjective reports of what they see, and that optometry is surely a scientific discipline.
Objective
Disagree: Vincent and Yolanda disagree over whether a scientific discipline can rely on subjective reports.
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Happiness is an ████████ ██████████ ███████████
Vincent directly agrees with this in his argument, but Yolanda does not address whether happiness is an entirely subjective feeling. If anything, she may agree with this.
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Optometry is a ██████████ ███████████
Yolanda agrees with this statement in her argument, but Vincent does not address anything about optometry. His argument is solely concerned with happiness.
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Vincent opposes this statement in the first sentence of his argument. Yolanda agrees with this statement because she believes optometry is a scientific discipline despite relying on subjective reports.
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Happiness research is ██ ████ █ ██████████ ██████████ ██ █████████ ███
Vincent has no position on this because he does not mention optometry. Yolanda also does not say anything that could support this comparative statement. She does not mention happiness or compare it to optometry.
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Neither Vincent nor Yolanda addresses whether unmeasurable experiences are subjective. Their disagreement centers around whether a scientific discipline can rely on subjective experiences.