Occultist: The issue of whether astrology

Answer choices

1. A

   Reversed Logic3% picked this

   presumes, without providing justification, that any science must involve

   The argument presumes that because astrology involves complicated mathematics that it is a science, but not the other way around.

   3%
2. B

   Correct72% picked this

   incorrectly infers that a practice is a science merely from the fact that the practice

   Why this is right

   This points out that merely having scientific components does not make astrology a science.

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

   72%
3. C

   Contradiction9% picked this

   denies the possibility that astrology involves components that are neither artistic

   The argument does not deny this possibility.

   9%
4. D

   Unsupported Relationship13% picked this

   incorrectly infers that astronomical knowledge is scientific merely from the fact that such knowledge is needed to

   The argument does say that astronomical knowledge is scientific, but does not base that assertion on the fact that astronomical knowledge is needed to create an astrological chart.

   13%
5. E

   Reversed Logic4% picked this

   presumes, without providing justification, that any art must involve the synthesis of a multitude of

   The argument does assume that synthesizing a multitude of factors and symbols makes something an art, but it does not assume that all arts must do so.

   4%