Logical Reasoning

PT125 · S4 · Q19 Cyclists in the Tour de France

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Cyclists in the Tour de France are extremely physically fit: all of the winners of this race have had abnormal physiological constitutions.

Evidence

Cyclists in the Tour de France are extremely physically fit: all of the winners of this race have had abnormal physiological constitutions.

Typical of the abnormal physiology W -most→ EL + PH of these athletes (winners) are exceptional lung capacity and exceptionally powerful hearts.

Tests conducted on last year’s W ↢some↣ ~PH winner did not reveal an exceptionally powerful heart.

Conclusion

That cyclist (winner) must, therefore, have exceptional lung W ↢some↣ EL capacity.

Evaluate

The argument assumes that all W → EL or PH winners of the Tour de France either have exceptional lung capacity or a powerful heart.

19.

The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it overlooks the possibility that

  1. having exceptional lung capacity and

    Contradiction

    This does not call the argument into question, but rather supports the argument.

    1% picked this

  2. Correct

    some winners of the Tour

    Why this is right

    This attacks the W ↢some↣ ~EL + ~PH argument’s assumption.

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

    86% picked this

  3. cyclists with normal lung capacity

    Too Weak

    The issue is whether winners of the Tour de France who have normal lung capacity typically have exceptionally powerful hearts.

    2% picked this

  4. the exceptional lung capacity and

    Contradiction

    This does not call the argument into question, but rather supports the argument.

    5% picked this

  5. the notions of exceptional lung

    Out of Scope

    Whether exceptional lung capacity and heart function are defined is relative to most cyclists or the average person is not relevant to the argument.

    7% picked this

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