Logical Reasoning

PT122 · S4 · Q12 Politician: The huge amounts of

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Politician: The huge amounts of money earned by oil companies elicit the suspicion that the regulations designed to prevent collusion need to be tightened.

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.

12.

The reasoning in the politician's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument

  1. Correct

    fails to justify its presumption

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    76% picked this

  2. attacks the character of the

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. fails to justify its presumption

    Trap

    13% picked this

  4. treats the absence of evidence

    Trap

    7% picked this

  5. illicitly draws a general conclusion

    Trap

    4% picked this

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