Question #1563

Conditional Premise?

Started by katy · started 2023-02-22 14:44 · last activity 2023-03-01 02:18 · 1 reply

When diagramming this problem, I thought that Answer choice E had two some statements as premises and then had drawn a conditional conclusion. So I had eliminated it. How is it that the conditional statement at the end of the passage can be regarded as a premise and not a conclusion based on the language?

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  1. Emil-Kunkin · 2023-03-01 02:18

    I would pay attention to the since. This is similar to saying that X, because Y and Z. The conclusion can come at any point in the argument, and here we have a strong indicator that the first sentence is the conclusion in the form of the "since."

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