Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT114 S2 Q20 Explanation

Professor Sedley uses which one

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Stimulus

Professor Beckstein: American Sign Language is the native language of many North Americans. Therefore, it is not a foreign language, and for that reason alone, no student should be foreign language requirement by learning it.

Professor Sedley: According to your argument, students should not be allowed to satisfy the university’s foreign language requirement by learning French or Spanish either, since they too are the native languages of many North Americans. Yet many students currently satisfy the requirement by ridiculous to begin prohibiting them from doing so.

What this question is testing

Method

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

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The question
20.

Professor Sedley uses which one of the following strategies of argumentation in responding to

Answer choices

  1. Correct82% picked this

    attempting to demonstrate that the reasoning used to reach a certain conclusion leads to another

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap13% picked this

    trying to show that a certain conclusion contradicts some of the evidence used

  3. Trap0% picked this

    questioning an opponent’s authority to address the issue

  4. Trap4% picked this

    offering an alternative explanation of the facts used to arrive at

  5. Trap1% picked this

    agreeing with the conclusion of a particular argument while rejecting the evidence used to

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