Logical Reasoning

PT127 · S2 · Q12 Throughout a certain nation

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Throughout a certain nation, electricity has actually become increasingly available to people in urban areas while energy production has been subsidized to help residents of rural areas gain access to electricity.

Evidence

Throughout a certain nation, electricity has actually become increasingly available to people in urban areas while energy production has been subsidized to help residents of rural areas gain access to electricity.

Even with the subsidy, many of the most ~EA isolated rural populations still have no access to electricity (not everyone has access).

Conclusion

Thus, the energy subsidy has failed to ~AP achieve its intended purpose.

Evaluate

The argument assumes that the energy AP → EA policy achieved its intended purpose only if everyone has access to electricity.

12.

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

  1. takes for granted that the

    Too Strong

    The asserts that the policy hurt the efforts to achieve the it’s intended purpose.

    1% picked this

  2. takes for granted that if

    Wrong Evidence

    This asserts the wrong evidence. The argument suggests that the reason why the policy did not achieve its intended purpose to help rural areas gain access to electricity is that not everyone gained access to electricity.

    7% picked this

  3. presumes, without providing justification, that

    Unsupported

    The argument does not assume that the purpose included extending electricity to people other than those who live in rural populations.

    4% picked this

  4. overlooks the possibility that even

    Out of Scope

    Whether or not some people who live in urban areas benefited from the policy is not relevant to the argument.

    5% picked this

  5. Correct

    fails to take into account

    Why this is right

    This attacks the argument’s AP + ~EA assumption by showing that the energy policy could have achieved its purpose even if some people still did not have access to energy.

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

    83% picked this

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