Could you please explain this question and answer?
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MargueriteHS
· started 2020-07-22 19:43
· last activity 2020-07-23 01:19
· 1 reply
I answered (B) for this question. Could you explain why that is incorrect? (And what the correct answer is?)
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Ravi
· 2020-07-23 01:19
@MargueriteHS, happy to help. The conclusion of the argument is the first sentence. There, the author says that still photography an not enable us to understand the world. The last portion of the argument gives us a conditional statement that says that only that which narrates can enable us to understand. From this statement, we know
Enables us to understand-->narrates
And the author's conclusion is
Still photography-->cannot enable us to understand
In order for us to get to the conclusion that EU can't happen, the author must be assuming the contrapositive of the statement provided at th end of the argument, which implies that narrates (the necessary condition) didn't happen. Thus, the author assumed
Still photography-->does not narrate
If we add this assumption to the argument, we get
Still photography-->does not narrate-->cannot enable us to understand
We're looking for an answer choice that says the author is assuming that still photography doesn't narrate. The author me be assuming this.
(B) is incorrect because this answer choice doesn't contain a connection between photography and narration, so we can get rid of it.
(C) is correct because it matches our anticipation. If we negate (C), the argument totally falls apart, so we know (C) is a necessary premise.
Does this make sense? Let us know if you have any other questions!
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