thanks Arnold sir for your videos it has really improved my CR for the past few months . I got v34 in my exam , but my q was not good giving my exam tomorrow again . Please keep making your videos it really helps a lot .Thank u so much sir .
For the last question, can we consider all the "fill in the blanks" as Strengtheners .. the answer is gonna strengthen the argument starting from "Nevertheless " ...
Hi there, Akhil. Many people would say 'yes, fill in the blank questions are strengtheners,' for the reason you suggest: we are going to strengthen the author's belief, that s/he mentions after the 'nevertheless.' However, I've started to think that--since the author doesn't actually give a 'premise' for that argument--what we're really doing is weakening the argument the author DISAGREES with (which does have a premise). By *weakening* that argument, we *strengthen* the author's belief. But since the author in this question (and in many questions like it) doesn't justify their belief with any premises, I find it helpful consider the argument the author disagrees with, lay out its premise(s) and conclusion, and weaken the assumption there.
The three questions you put together to approach CR may be one of my new favorite techniques. I’m going to try this now!
Wow! No words to describe how educative this one session is for understanding the big picture and the nuts and bolts of the Assumption family!
thanks Arnold sir for your videos it has really improved my CR for the past few months . I got v34 in my exam , but my q was not good giving my exam tomorrow again . Please keep making your videos it really helps a lot .Thank u so much sir .
So glad you're liking Reed's videos! Best of luck with your test! 🙂
For the last question, can we consider all the "fill in the blanks" as Strengtheners .. the answer is gonna strengthen the argument starting from "Nevertheless " ...
Hi there, Akhil. Many people would say 'yes, fill in the blank questions are strengtheners,' for the reason you suggest: we are going to strengthen the author's belief, that s/he mentions after the 'nevertheless.' However, I've started to think that--since the author doesn't actually give a 'premise' for that argument--what we're really doing is weakening the argument the author DISAGREES with (which does have a premise). By *weakening* that argument, we *strengthen* the author's belief. But since the author in this question (and in many questions like it) doesn't justify their belief with any premises, I find it helpful consider the argument the author disagrees with, lay out its premise(s) and conclusion, and weaken the assumption there.
@@reedarnold5468 Thanks ! got it