Suppose you are trying to explain the following phenomenon: My indoor fern (houseplant) always thrives in the summers but struggles in the winter. Consider the following four explanations. Identify which explanation is the best. For each of the other three explanations, explain which theoretical virtue it is most lacking. 1. This winter your fern struggled because there was a parasite infestation. Last winter your fern struggled because it was too close to the cold window, and the year before it struggled because you went on a long holiday and had your sister watch your plants for you and she brought her dog. 2. Your fern struggles in the winter because you barely water it. However, your fern does well in summer because that's when the garden gnomes are active and they come to life to take care of your fern when you're not looking. 3. Your fern struggles in the summer because it doesn't get enough sunlight. In the winter, the southern exposure allows for it to get lots of direct sunlight and thrive, but in summer the light doesn't reach far enough into the room. 4. Your fern struggles in winter because the air is too dry inside, which happens because you always have your heater running in winter. Ferns like humid air. In the summers, you don't have to have your heater on, and so the air is humid enough for the fern then.
Suppose you are trying to explain the following phenomenon: My indoor fern (houseplant) always thrives in the summers but struggles in the winter. Consider the following four explanations. Identify which explanation is the best. For each of the other three explanations, explain which theoretical virtue it is most lacking. 1. This winter your fern struggled because there was a parasite infestation. Last winter your fern struggled because it was too close to the cold window, and the year before it struggled because you went on a long holiday and had your sister watch your plants for you and she brought her dog. 2. Your fern struggles in the winter because you barely water it. However, your fern does well in summer because that's when the garden gnomes are active and they come to life to take care of your fern when you're not looking. 3. Your fern struggles in the summer because it doesn't get enough sunlight. In the winter, the southern exposure allows for it to get lots of direct sunlight and thrive, but in summer the light doesn't reach far enough into the room. 4. Your fern struggles in winter because the air is too dry inside, which happens because you always have your heater running in winter. Ferns like humid air. In the summers, you don't have to have your heater on, and so the air is humid enough for the fern then.
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Transcribed Image Text:Suppose you are trying to explain the following phenomenon: My indoor fern (houseplant) always thrives in the
summers but struggles in the winter.
Consider the following four explanations. Identify which explanation is the best. For each of the other three
explanations, explain which theoretical virtue it is most lacking.
1. This winter your fern struggled because there was a parasite infestation. Last winter your fern struggled because it
was too close to the cold window, and the year before it struggled because you went on a long holiday and had your
sister watch your plants for you and she brought her dog.
2. Your fern struggles in the winter because you barely water it. However, your fern does well in summer because that's
when the garden gnomes are active and they come to life to take care of your fern when you're not looking.
3. Your fern struggles in the summer because it doesn't get enough sunlight. In the winter, the southern exposure allows
for it to get lots of direct sunlight and thrive, but in summer the light doesn't reach far enough into the room.
4. Your fern struggles in winter because the air is too dry inside, which happens because you always have your heater
running in winter. Ferns like humid air. In the summers, you don't have to have your heater on, and so the air is humid
enough for the fern then.
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