Musicologist: The upcoming symphony relies on a highly unusual compositional approach. Each individual instrument in the orchestra has been assigned a part that consists entirely of soothing, traditional melodies. Therefore, when the orchestra performs the piece, the overall acoustic effect of the symphony will undoubtedly be soothing and traditional.
The reasoning in the musicologist's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument:
- presumes, without providing justification, that a whole will possess a certain characteristic simply because all of its constituent parts possess that characteristicCevap
- Btakes a condition that is necessary for a performance to be soothing to be sufficient to guarantee that the performance is soothing
- Crelies on an ambiguous use of the term 'traditional' to draw a conclusion about the overall acoustic effect
- Dfails to consider that the individual melodies might occur simultaneously without having a causal relationship
- Efails to consider the possibility that a symphony could be considered soothing even if none of its constituent parts are soothing
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The argument commits a Fallacy of Composition by inferring that a whole will possess a certain property merely because all of its parts possess that property.
The correct answer accurately describes the Fallacy of Composition. The musicologist assumes that because each individual part of the symphony is soothing and traditional (the parts), the entire symphony played together (the whole) will also possess these same characteristics. This overlooks the fact that individually soothing melodies can clash and create severe dissonance when played simultaneously.
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Fallacy of Composition (Part-to-Whole Flaw)