Please explain
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Deidra-McCall
· started 2019-05-20 17:57
· last activity 2019-05-25 19:25
· 1 reply
Why wouldn't Warrington's argument be perceived as a direct challenge to Lopez?
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Victoria
· 2019-05-25 19:25
Hi @Deidra-McCall,
A direct challenge to Lopez's argument would claim that the university is, in fact, committed to the liberal arts. Warrington makes no such claim. Rather, they suggest that having a classics department is not necessarily indicative of a commitment to the liberal arts because the study of classical works, which is essential to the liberal arts, is also undertaken by other departments.
In this way, Warrington is presenting a consideration to undermine Lopez's reasoning that the closure of the classics department is evidence of the university's lack of commitment to the liberal arts, a strategy directly restated by answer choice E.
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