QUESTION TEXT: Principle: People should buy an expensive…
QUESTION TYPE: Principle Application
PRINCIPLE: Buy antique –> certain about authenticity AND you like the piece
Contrapositive: Dislike piece OR not certain about authenticity –> Don’t buy
APPLICATION: Maude shouldn’t buy the vase.
ANALYSIS: Principle Application questions are very, very routine. Here’s what to do.
- Check what the question asks you to prove. (Maude should not buy the vase)
- Check what sufficient condition allows you to prove that. (Not certain about authenticity OR not liking the piece’s intrinsic qualities)
- Skim the answers to find the one that has a matching condition.
There are only two ways an answer can be correct. Anything else is a distraction. Three wrong answers try to help show Maude should buy the vase, which is the opposite of what we’re looking for. Several answers mention investment value, which was not a necessary condition.
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- The fact that Maude has skill in identifying counterfeits doesn’t help us prove she shouldn’t buy a vase. Only lack of confidence proves that.
- The principle said that value as an investment is not a decisive factor in purchasing antiques.
- This evidence helps establish the two necessary conditions for buying a vase. We’re trying to prove that Maude shouldn’t buy the vase, therefore we’re looking for a lack of a condition.
You might think the documentation is fake. That’s possible. But only possible. We need evidence that Maude lacks confidence before we say she shouldn’t buy the vase. - These factors help establish Maude should buy the vase. We’re trying to prove that she shouldn’t.
- CORRECT. There’s no way for Maude to be certain about the authenticity of this vase. Since confidence was a necessary condition for buying, this answer lets us prove Maude shouldn’t buy the vase.
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