PrepTest 56, Section 2, Question 9
Rifka: We do not need to stop and ask for directions. We would not need to do that unless, of course, we were lost.
Rifka: We do not need to stop and ask for directions. We would not need to do that unless, of course, we were lost.
Craig: The fact that we are lost is precisely why we need to stop.
Rifka: We do not need to stop and ask for directions. We would not need to do that unless, of course, we were lost.
Craig: The fact that we are lost is precisely why we need to stop.
Rifka: We do not need to stop and ask for directions. We would not need to do that unless, of course, we were lost.
In the exchange above, the function of Craig's comment is to
contradict the conclusion of Rifka's argument without offering any reason to reject any of Rifka's implicit premises
deny one of Rifka's implicit premises and thereby arrive at a different conclusion
imply that Rifka's argument is invalid by accepting the truth of its premises while rejecting its conclusion
provide a counterexample to Rifka's generalization
affirm the truth of the stated premise of Rifka's argument while remaining noncommittal about its conclusion
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