Q9

[tzyc]

Although the main idea exists kind of in each paragraph...I focused on the 1st paragraph and gathered the author's opinions together and made some guess about what the author thinks.
Line 7-8, 27-31, 46-47, 55-58.
Is this correct...??
btw,
If I summarize each P,
1→Intro
2→counter ex
3→the 3rd party's opinion
but not sure what 4 represents..what would you say for it?
Thank you

[ohthatpatrick]

Great list of "big author moments"! You nailed the first three.

The last one, 55-58, is borderline, since it's something Scruton said ... but I agree the author is presenting it in a way that shows he implicitly agrees with the position.

As you may have heard me say before, that first but/yet/however/recently is often going to set us up for our Most Valuable Sentence.

Line 6-8 is just that. Look at how close a paraphrase (C) is of that sentence.

The other two line references you mentioned are essentially restatements of that ... 27-31 and 46-50.

I like your passage map a lot. I might beef it up a bit:

1 - intro to F's position and author's problem with it (thesis)
2- counterexamples to F's position, supporting author's problem with it
3 - Discussion of how other theorists attempt to resolve author's problem
4 - Consideration of some wiggle room F leaves in his position that could possibly accommodate author's problem, but author is ultimately unsatisfied