- Thu Aug 09, 2012 1:51 am
#4733
My answer for the question was D. I negated D and got “mercury poisoning cannot cause deafness in people with venereal disease.” I thought this weakened the conclusion that mercury caused deafness in Beethoven. I see why my answer is wrong now because the conclusion doesn’t state mercury caused deafness but that venereal disease did. I was also misled by the example of Newton, in which his condition was caused by mercury poisoning. Is this right?
However, I can’t see why B is right. If I negate B, that means “nobody in Beethoven’s time did not ingest mercury.” I just couldn’t see how this weakened the argument or how B was a necessary assumption.
However, I can’t see why B is right. If I negate B, that means “nobody in Beethoven’s time did not ingest mercury.” I just couldn’t see how this weakened the argument or how B was a necessary assumption.