PT59 3/23

lily88888UID: 2828533

To predict that a device will be invented, one must develop a conception of the device that includes some details at least about how it will function and the consequences of its use. But clearly, then, the notion of predicting an invention is self-contradictory, for inventing means developing a detailed conception, and one cannot predict what has already taken place.

Which one of the following most accurately describes the technique of reasoning employed by the argument?

B appealing to definitions to infer the impossibility of a kind of occurence.
C. countering a hyposis by indicating the falsehood of the implications of that hypothesis.

duijinxiaoziUID: 2585955

对 stimulus 总结：
impossibility 比 falsehood 更准确。

lily88888UID: 2828533

我的做题思路和你的不一样。我当时没觉得题中给出确切的definition，就没选B。
我的做题思路错在哪? 现在看BIBLE来不及了。