Sufficient AssumptionDiff: Hardest
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Companies want money-motivated workers, but liberal arts PhDs are just looking to get smarter. Therefore, companies don't hire them.
Conclusion: It is rare for companies to hire individuals who hold doctorates in the liberal arts.
Reasoning: Liberal arts PhDs are motivated by intellectual self-improvement, whereas companies generally avoid hiring anyone who isn't focused on the financial rewards of hard work.
Analysis: We have a classic 'gap' between two different traits: being interested in intellectual improvement and being concerned with financial gain. The argument assumes that if you have the first trait, you must lack the second. To make this conclusion follow logically, we need a bridge that guarantees this conflict. Look for an answer that states that anyone interested in intellectual improvement is, by definition, not concerned with the financial gains of the business world.
Conclusion: It is rare for companies to hire individuals who hold doctorates in the liberal arts.
Reasoning: Liberal arts PhDs are motivated by intellectual self-improvement, whereas companies generally avoid hiring anyone who isn't focused on the financial rewards of hard work.
Analysis: We have a classic 'gap' between two different traits: being interested in intellectual improvement and being concerned with financial gain. The argument assumes that if you have the first trait, you must lack the second. To make this conclusion follow logically, we need a bridge that guarantees this conflict. Look for an answer that states that anyone interested in intellectual improvement is, by definition, not concerned with the financial gains of the business world.
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Unlock Full Passage15.The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
Correct Answer
E
E supplies the needed bridge: if only not-money-concerned people are interested in improving their intellects (I -> not M), then from DLA -> I we get DLA -> not M, and with companies rarely hiring not M, the conclusion follows.
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