Brush turkeys can be braised, because all megapodes can be braised at high temperatures.

What is not stated in the above argument?

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Brush turkeys can be braised, because all megapodes can be braised at high temperatures.

What is not stated in the above argument?

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We begin by restating what the prompt asks: identify what is not stated in the argument that Brush turkeys can be braised, because all megapodes can be braised at high temperatures.

Option 1: 'An implicit premise: All megapodes can be braised.' This would be a problematic premise if true, because braising all megapodes is not necessarily established by the given claim. The original argument only asserts that brush turkeys can be braised due to the general claim about megapodes, not that all megapodes can be braised. This option is about an extra premise that is not stated and may not hold; it is not the specific missing piece in the argument as given.

Option 2: 'The conclusion.' The conclusion of the argument is that brush turkeys can be braised at high temperatures because they are megapodes. Saying 'The conclusion' is not something not stated in the argument; indeed, conclusions are typically what is being supported, and the statement already expresses a conclusion. Therefore this option mischaracterizes what is missing.

Option 3: 'An implicit premise: Brush turkeys are megapodes.' This directly addresses a necessary link in the argument: if all megapodes can be braised at high temperatures, then only by assuming brush turkeys are megapodes can we apply that general claim to brush turkeys. Without this implicit premise, the argument lacks a bridge from the general claim about megapodes to the specific case of brush turkeys. This is the kind of unstated assumption the argument relies on but does not state outright.

Option 4: 'An abduction: the temperature must be high.' Abduction (in the sense of inference to the best explanation) is not typically the structure here; the argument’s structure is causal or conditional: if brush turkeys are megapodes, and megapodes can be braised at high temperatures, then brush turkeys can be braised at high temperatures. Saying 'the temperature must be high' is already stated as part of the conclusion’s basis and is not the missing element; it’s already embedded in the claim.

In summary, option 3 identifies the core unstated assumption that connects brush turkeys to the general claim about megapodes, which is the key piece not explicitly stated in the given argument. The other options either mischaracterize the premises, restate the conclusion, or refer to elements that are not the missing piece that would undermine or complete the argument.

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Brush turkeys can be braised, because all megapodes can be braised at high temperatures. What is not stated in the above argument?

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