PT88.S2.Q24-- Until recently, experts

DarklordDarklord Alum Member
edited August 2020 in Logical Reasoning 586 karma

Gosh, this question was hard.
Can anyone explain why B is not a weakener?
I thought B weakened because, if most people in the painting did resemble real people from history, then if we follow the author's logic, this would mean that any of those people could also be the painter of the painting.

Any #help would be appreciated!
Thanks!

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Comments

  • jdseidler-1jdseidler-1 Member
    61 karma

    Why would we be following the author’s logic? What we are trying to do in weakening questions is to say that the premises don’t necessarily lead to the conclusion because of other considerations. Just because the people in the painting are real people doesn’t mean that any one of those people created the painting, just as much as if he was the only real person then he created the painting. Just because you’re a person in a painting doesn’t mean you are/aren’t the one who created the painting, the premises really don’t support the conclusion at all. But, what does weaken the conclusion is D, where it gives you a reason to believe that if that person was in the painting then you wouldn’t have been the one to create it.

  • DarklordDarklord Alum Member
    586 karma

    Oh I get it-- so basically in order to weaken, we would need those other people to have drawn their own self-portraits as well! Thanks @jdseidler-1 !

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