Charleton recently wrote a scathing attack on Winfreed's theory
) O- s6 v0 q* E% `about the origin of portraiture. Charleton would never have felt
' p* c2 a# B+ `- |+ Upersonally threatened by Winfreed's theory unless he believed,
3 X; Y- e. j% P h) ~$ D \albeit subconsciously, that the theory was correct. Since Char-4 B: Y2 R" k9 j, I- ^4 }3 U
leton is a distinguished art historian, his attack can actually be - F3 Y5 x( ]; y# C# R& l2 D
taken as confirmation of Winfreed's theory.
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- p* T* O# m7 x1 TWhich of the following is an assumption on which the argument
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' Y9 S; p7 ?/ I8 i6 J- E0 P. v Charleton would not have written a scathing attack on Win-- S; G% T, W7 u9 \* e' ~/ N7 X. O
freed's theory unless he had felt personally threatened by
6 Y% |6 c! Z) Y. b: k that theory. 2 Z/ H6 c3 M9 N) t1 Q9 o
Charleton would attack a theory he believed was correct only
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Charleton would write about Winfreed's theory only if his
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7 p* j) k( h* n5 x- I; W& J5 j; { An attack on a theory about the origin of portraiture would
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written by a distinguished art historian.
* Q; m4 F6 L% l Charleton's attack on Winfreed's theory would serve to con-
7 C/ ^8 k* O5 D4 U4 a4 R firm that theory only if the attack were scathing.
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