Logical Reasoning

PT111 · S3 · Q13 President of the Regional Chamber

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President of the Regional Chamber of Commerce: We are all aware of the painful fact that almost no new businesses have moved into our region or started up here over the last ten years.

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

13.

The argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the ground that it

  1. focuses on what is going

    Trap

    6% picked this

  2. confuses a claim about a

    Trap

    15% picked this

  3. argues against a position simply

    Trap

    0% picked this

  4. Correct

    treats a claim about what

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

    Skill tested: Flaw · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    72% picked this

  5. attacks what was offered as

    Trap

    7% picked this

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