Logical Reasoning

PT134 · S3 · Q12 Some gardening books published

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Some gardening books published by Garden Path Press recommend tilling the soil and adding compost before starting a new garden on a site, but they do not explain the difference between hot and cold composting.

Evidence

Some gardening books published by Garden Path Press recommend tilling the soil and adding compost before starting a new garden on a site.

The gardening books by Garden Path Press do not explain the difference between hot and cold composting.

Any gardening book that recommends adding compost is flawed if it does not explain at least the basics of composting.

Conclusion

Some books published by Garden Path are flawed.

Evaluate

The author's conclusion is trying to prove that some books from GP are flawed, and we were given a proving-mechanism that allows us to prove something is flawed.

If it recommends adding compost but don't explain at least the basics of composting, then it's flawed.

Did the evidence establish that some GP books recommend adding compost but don't cover the basics of composting?

Not quite. We heard that some GP books recommend adding compost. We never heard that the books fail to cover the basics of composting.

We only heard that the books fail to explain the difference between hot and cold composting.

Goal

So, the author seems to be assuming that .

Or alternatively, .

12.

The argument requires the assumption that

  1. some gardening books that recommend

    Weaken

    This makes it less likely that the books by Garden Path Press are flawed.

    3% picked this

  2. gardeners should not add compost

    Out of Scope

    The is about gardeners, but the argument is about gardening books.

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    an explanation of the basics

    Why this is right

    This bridges the gap between not explaining the difference between hot and cold composting and not explaining the basics of composting.

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

    85% picked this

  4. everyone who understands the difference

    Out of Scope

    The is about gardeners, but the argument is about gardening books.

    4% picked this

  5. no gardening book that includes

    Illegal Negation

    The argument told us that if a book that recommended composting didn't cover the basics, then it would be flawed. This is saying that every gardening book that does include an explanation of the basics is not-flawed. That's an illegal negation.

    7% picked this

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