Sufficient AssumptionDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Since science can't explain how we feel things like love or frustration, those feelings must not be part of the physical world.
Conclusion: Human emotions are not physical phenomena.
Reasoning: Emotions cannot be explained by physical sciences like physics, chemistry, or neurophysiology.
Analysis: This argument contains a significant logical gap between 'scientific explanation' and 'physical reality.' The author assumes that if the current tools of physical science cannot explain something, then that thing cannot be physical in nature. To make this conclusion follow logically, we need a 'Sufficient Assumption' that bridges this gap. Look for an answer that states that anything that cannot be explained by physical science is, by definition, not a physical phenomenon.
Conclusion: Human emotions are not physical phenomena.
Reasoning: Emotions cannot be explained by physical sciences like physics, chemistry, or neurophysiology.
Analysis: This argument contains a significant logical gap between 'scientific explanation' and 'physical reality.' The author assumes that if the current tools of physical science cannot explain something, then that thing cannot be physical in nature. To make this conclusion follow logically, we need a 'Sufficient Assumption' that bridges this gap. Look for an answer that states that anything that cannot be explained by physical science is, by definition, not a physical phenomenon.
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Unlock Full Passage13.The conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
Correct Answer
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If every physical phenomenon can be explained by physics, chemistry, or neurophysiology, then given emotions cannot be explained by those fields, it follows by contrapositive that emotions are not physical.
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