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We will take the following text and draw a Rationale reasoning map of the argument:

'People should study philosophy. Why? Because it deals with fundamental questions and it provides fundamental skills. Of course, some people may object that studying philosophy doesn't get you a job, but I refute this claim, because philosophy graduates are highly valued by employers due to their advanced reasoning skills'.

Here's how the argument map looks:

Here's how we arrived at this map.

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