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There cannot be discussion of a poem’s aesthetic value unless multiple readers agree on the poem’s correct reading. Therefore, we can only have objective evaluation of poetry if readers do not determine a poem’s meaning.
The argument’s support is focused on the conditions necessary for discussion of a poem’s aesthetic value, but the conclusion is about the conditions necessary for the objective evaluation of poetry. There is a missing gap between the two - there is, therefore, a missing assumption that discussion of a poem’s aesthetic value is necessary for objective evaluation of poetry.
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This doesn’t do anything to help the argument get to its conclusion. It doesn’t provide any information about a poem’s objective value, and the possibility of two people judging whether a poem has aesthetic value isn’t relevant.
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This is too strong. The argument only needs to demonstrate that agreeing about meaning allows for the possibility of objective evaluation, not that it guarantees objective evaluation.
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This is too strong. The argument is focused specifically on the discussion of a poem’s aesthetic value, not on the conditions required for any general discussion of a poem to be possible.
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This fills the gap in the argument, and explains the connection between the premises and conclusion. If it were negated, and a poem could be objectively evaluated even without having its aesthetic value discussed, the premises do not provide any support for the conclusion.
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The argument doesn’t need to make any complains about the best way of evaluating literature - it is focused only on specifically whether poems can be objectively evaluated.
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