harveybirdman502 wrote:Anyone have tips on required assumption questions? I find the negation method a bit difficult to apply. It seems like some correct answers apply directly to one premise, which if it falls apart, so does the argument and conclusion. Others seem to apply to the overall connected argument.
For example, on PT 32 the answer choice is literally about one term in one of the premises. I got it right but how are you to determine which negations actually apply directly to the assumption? Also, can you use sufficient strategies here by identifying new elements in the conclusion and elements in the premises that do not appear in the conclusion?
These Qs have been a nightmare for me ever since the beginning. I don't know why this is so difficult. Is there only one assumption in each argument for these questions?
The thing is there is an infinite number of necessary assumptions. The trick is to find the one out of five that HAS to be true.
A simple example:
After beating Abraham to a pulp, Negan turns his sights to Glenn, picking off another member of the group.
Maggie then vows to get revenge by killing Negan herself the next time they cross paths.
What is the author assuming? That Negan is an asshole? Probably, but without further episodes/information, he might turn out to be a good dude.
What about if Abraham is 50? Michael Cudlitz is actually 51, but regardless, we need not assume this. What's the point in knowing his age?
How about Maggie being able to survive before the second meeting with Negan? Well, this all sounds irrelevant, but yeah, it's got to be the case.
The conclusion is that Maggie will murder this guy the next time they see each other,
so it must be true that she will live long enough for that to occur. Use the negation test to confirm.
"Maggie will not survive before the second encounter." That wrecks the whole argument!
If she's dead af, how on Earth will she herself be able to kill Negan? That'd be some next-level shit.
