Sufficient vs necessary

Started by Paytonjd · started 2023-04-22 21:27 · last activity 2023-04-25 21:49 · 1 reply

I got the correct answer, but I don't see how it could be *sufficient* to, by itself, guaranty the the conclusion. However, I do see why it's *necessary* for the conclusion; it just seems like it needs to be combined with the other premise (in the passage) to arrive at the conclusion. How is the correct answer a super premise? If someone tells me that "The greatest works of art are works that inevitably satisfy all critics," how can I -just from that- conclude that "most art criticism is devoted to works other than the greatest works of art"? I would also need to know the other premise (that "most art criticism is devoted to art works that fail to satisfy the critic") in order to conclude that.

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  1. Emil-Kunkin · 2023-04-25 21:49

    Hi, I'm not sure what you mean by super premise, but I think you're confused about what a sufficient assumption is. A sufficient assumption is a premise that, if added, would make the argument correct. It does not need to guarantee the conclusion alone, it needs to guarantee the conclusion alongside the other premises.

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