Charleton recently wrote a scathing attack on Winfreed's theory
+ l# [. o& ^8 o, m+ E$ R% wabout the origin of portraiture. Charleton would never have felt * Q7 f9 ]7 f0 g# C9 x
personally threatened by Winfreed's theory unless he believed, 8 K3 K! A# K" b9 Q$ @& T
albeit subconsciously, that the theory was correct. Since Char-$ }' v! K0 |1 t# p: u; w" U
leton is a distinguished art historian, his attack can actually be
# R, x) k- n) E5 {taken as confirmation of Winfreed's theory.
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. C. m: i6 g' e0 p! e$ O2 SWhich of the following is an assumption on which the argument 1 t5 ? K: B" ^% M2 |6 p* e
depends? e; _( W g% @$ R' y8 z
% T% h( Q5 u e$ x& c Charleton would not have written a scathing attack on Win-% z# E: m$ d. G9 k9 Z
freed's theory unless he had felt personally threatened by& L3 @. l* c5 H. ~. X9 |5 f/ `4 W+ ]
that theory.
* I- y. n; @' z+ U7 \: D8 T& k Charleton would attack a theory he believed was correct only
- F' s$ t; P! q" l4 `1 z if he did not consciously believe that it was correct. $ w: C" K1 e* w' j. M
Charleton would write about Winfreed's theory only if his
' g4 f5 ~. ]6 W" S! e) I- A( J explicit purpose was to attack that theory.
1 F8 M2 J" |- H An attack on a theory about the origin of portraiture would
1 w/ ~4 Y. s3 m; g3 c5 ]- v serve as confirmation of that theory only if the attack were
7 S ~" T* Z9 e$ I/ q written by a distinguished art historian.
9 R' p& Y$ r G# y. U Charleton's attack on Winfreed's theory would serve to con-
! A+ x' w, R' o- n, y firm that theory only if the attack were scathing.
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