Logical Reasoning

PT12 · S4 · Q15 Health insurance insulates patients from

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Health insurance insulates patients from the expense of medical care, giving doctors almost complete discretion in deciding the course of most medical treatments.

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.

15.

The argument uses which one of the following questionable techniques?

  1. assigning responsibility for a certain

    Trap

    4% picked this

  2. Correct

    inferring the performance of certain

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    92% picked this

  3. presenting as capricious and idiosyncratic

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. depicting choices as having been

    Trap

    2% picked this

  5. assuming that the irrelevance of

    Trap

    2% picked this

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