Support Most popular historical films are not documentaries; Support they are dramatic presentations of historical events. ββββ βββββββββββββ ββββββ βββββββ βββ ββββββββ βββ βββ ββββββββ ββ ββββ ββββ ββββββββ βββββββββββββ ββββββββββ βββββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ βββββ ββββββ βββ ββββββ ββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ ββ ββββββββββ βββββββ
The author concludes that uninformed viewers of dramatic historical films should not think of the films as accurate portrayals of historic events.
Why does the author believe this?
Because most of the popular historical films are dramatic presentations of historical events. Dramatic presentations canβt present evidence for the accuracy of what they portray.
The conclusion asserts that a certain kind of viewer βshould notβ think of dramatic historical films as accurate depictions of historical events. But the premises donβt tell us when a viewer βshould notβ view films in a certain way. We want a principle that gets us from the premises to the judgment that viewers βshould notβ view films in a certain way. For example:
If you are an uninformed viewer, and if the film youβre watching does not present evidence for the accuracy of what it portrays, then you should not regard the film as an accurate portrayal of events.
Letβs keep an open mind, because the correct answer can sound very different from the example above.
Which one of the following βββββββββββ ββ ββββββ ββββ βββββ ββ βββββββ βββ βββββββββ ββ βββ βββββββββ
Writers of historical ββββββ ββββββ βββββββ ββ βββββββ βββββ βββ βββββββββββ ββββββββ ββββ βββ βββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββ ββββββ ββββ βββ βββββββββββ
Historical documentaries should ββ βββββββ ββ βββββββ βββ βββ ββββββββ ββββ ββββββββββ ββ ββββββ βββββ βββββββββ βββββ ββββββββββ βββββββ
Dramatic presentations of ββββββββββ ββββββ βββ ββββββ ββββββ βββ βββββββββββ ββββββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ βββ ββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββββ ββ ββββ ββββββββββ
Dramatic presentations of ββββββββββ ββββββ ββββββ βββββ βββββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββ ββ ββββ β ββββ ββββββββββββ ββββββ
One should never ββββββ β ββββββββββ βββββββ ββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββ βββ βββ ββββββββββ βββ ββββββββ ββ βββββ ββ ββ ββββββ