For the Next Group of Questions, Consider the Following Argument

question 156

Multiple Choice

For the next group of questions, consider the following argument:
Since (1) values are nothing more than our own evaluation of the facts, (2) they are not objective.(3) Knowledge of the facts is based on empirical evidence, and (4) anything based on such evidence is objective.But (5) evaluating facts is different from knowing them.
-If we analyzed the argument as a series of syllogisms, how many implicit propositions would be involved?

• A)one
• B)two
• C)three
• D)four
• E)five

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