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#111478
Hi Dave,
Yes, what is true of "most art" in general is not necessarily true for "most legitimate art," so those should be diagrammed as separate terms. Fortunately, since that sentence is unnecessary for the argument itself as you point out, this mistake shouldn't impact the question.
And yes, the first half of the first sentence of the argument describing arousal of anger is also unnecessary detail. The critical premise is the second half of the sentence, which established that some legitimate art (specifically the legitimate art that aims to arouse anger) calls for intervention. Even though this part of the sentence uses the word "every," this word is not referring all legitimate art, but to a subgroup of legitimate art (that has the aim to arouse anger), so "some" is the correct term to use in the diagram.
Your simplified argument looks good, but it may be helpful to express the conclusion in a formal logic diagram (LA some Not CB) to more easily see what answer justifies the argument using formal logic.
Yes, what is true of "most art" in general is not necessarily true for "most legitimate art," so those should be diagrammed as separate terms. Fortunately, since that sentence is unnecessary for the argument itself as you point out, this mistake shouldn't impact the question.
And yes, the first half of the first sentence of the argument describing arousal of anger is also unnecessary detail. The critical premise is the second half of the sentence, which established that some legitimate art (specifically the legitimate art that aims to arouse anger) calls for intervention. Even though this part of the sentence uses the word "every," this word is not referring all legitimate art, but to a subgroup of legitimate art (that has the aim to arouse anger), so "some" is the correct term to use in the diagram.
Your simplified argument looks good, but it may be helpful to express the conclusion in a formal logic diagram (LA some Not CB) to more easily see what answer justifies the argument using formal logic.