score800 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 A museum director, in order to finance expensive new acquisitions, discreetly sold some paintings by major artists. All of them were paintings that the director privately considered inferior. Critics roundly condemned the sale, charging that the museum had lost first-rate pieces, thereby violating its duty as a trustee of art for future generations. A few months after being sold by the museum, those paintings were resold, in an otherwise stagnant art market, at two to three times the prices paid to the museum. Clearly, these prices settle the issue, since they demonstrate the correctness of the critics’ evaluation. The reasoning in the argument is vulnerable to the criticism that the argument does which one of the following? (A) It concludes that a certain opinion is correct on the grounds that it is held by more people than hold the opposing views. (B) It rejects the judgment of the experts in an area in which there is no better guide to the truth than expert judgment. © It rejects a proven means of accomplishing an objective without offering any alternative means of accomplishing that objective. (D) It bases a firm conclusion about a state of affairs in the present on somewhat speculative claims about a future state of affairs. (E) It bases its conclusion on facts that could, in the given situation, have resulted from causes other than those presupposed by the argument Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarya Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 I picked E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamannaw Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 i ll choose E too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick312 Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 I go with D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramyagupta Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 btw B and E . In B Experts judgement is very objective and can further arise criticism . Choice E , identifies that the S.P of art peice in market doent neccessarily mean those are masterpeices. There could be some other reasons for high market price for the arts like demand and supply etc.. IMO E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MI07 Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 E, there can be other reasons for the high sp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kong Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I will go with D...What is the OA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaragorn Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 IMO D OA pls... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
post2ashish Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 btw B and E . In B Experts judgement is very objective and can further arise criticism . Choice E , identifies that the S.P of art peice in market doent neccessarily mean those are masterpeices. There could be some other reasons for high market price for the arts like demand and supply etc.. IMO E Could not come up with any answers not sure abt E - The argument says market is stagnant.. so that takes care of demand n supply Why not A ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshweta Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I also picked E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.Unit Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 E sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
score800 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 OA is E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4rohini Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 I pick E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avikar Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 E for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashish214 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I go with E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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