Wealth is not a good thing,

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct50% picked this

   Alex loves to golf, and no one in the chess club loves to golf. It follows that Alex is

   Why this is right

   We have a conditional chess club ? ~loves to golf X ? ~Y We have a fact that denies the outcome Alex loves to golf This thing is Y. We have a conclusion that denies the trigger Alex is not in chess club This thing is ~X. (It doesn't make any difference, if you're trying to match one contrapositive argument to another, whether the trigger or outcome start out as positive or negative ideas. As long as you're establishing the outcome isn't true and concluding that the trigger isn't true, you're still matching the structure)

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

   50%
2. B

   Invalid / Reversed Logic3% picked this

   Isabella must be a contented baby. She smiles a great deal and hardly ever cries,

   We have a conditional happy ? smiles / rarely cries X ? Y and Z We have a fact that affirms the outcome Isabella smiles / rarely cries. Isabella is Y and Z. Then we get an illegal conclusion that uses backwards logic to conclude something resembling the trigger. Isabella is contented. Isabella is X

   3%
3. C

   Bad Premise Match3% picked this

   Growth in industry is not a good thing for our town. Although the economy might improve, the

   There's only one premise (the other idea is a counterpoint), and it's not a conditional. This is a non-starter.

   3%
4. D

   Weak Premise Match / Invalid42% picked this

   Sarah’s dog is not a dachshund, for he hunts very well, and most

   We don't have a conditional premise, so this one is hopeless. It's making a pseudo-contrapositive argument with a Most statement, but in order for that to end validly, it should say "Sarah's dog is probably not a dachshund". No conditional, but a Most claim Most dachshunds hunt poorly. Most X's are Y We have a fact that denies the "outcome" Sarah's dog hunts very well. D is not Y. The conclusion denies the trigger, which is too strong, given that we only said MOST dachshund's hunt poorly, not all of them. Sarah's dog is not a dachshund. D is not X.

   42%
5. E

   Bad Premise/Conclusion Match2% picked this

   There is usually more traffic at this time of day, unless it is a holiday. But since today is not a holiday, it is

   We have a conditional, kind of. Putting "usually" into conditional form is kind of a lie, since there isn't really certainty. It's more like a Most claim. holiday ? usually more traffic ~X ? usually Y We have a fact that affirms the trigger. Today is not a holiday. Today is ~X. The conclusion is neither the trigger nor the outcome. It's just a judgment rendered on the fact that we would usually expect more traffic.

   2%