Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Economist: Even with energy conservation efforts, current technologies

zoezhuyan

First, I think this question may be causing confusion because the conclusion says that government spending is "necessary." But that isn't the same thing as a necessary assumption. A necessary assumption is a statement that ISN'T in the argument, but that is needed in order for us to reasonably reach the conclusion stated by the author. We can usually tell an assumption is necessary be negating it. If the statement is NOT true, does the argument fail? In that case, it was necessary. Here, the author is describing the need for new tech, but then concludes that government spending is needed. This relies on the assumption that government spending is the best/only way to get that new tech. If there's any other way to get it (non-gov spending, working from existing plans, more innovative thinking, etc.), then we can't say the government spending is actually needed. So there are many potential necessary assumptions (there usually are!), and B is just one of them. It could
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Statistics : Posted by DmitryFarber • on 22 Apr 2020, 00:29 • Replies 47 • Views 44724

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