Logical Reasoning

PT134 · S3 · Q2 Principle: If you sell an item

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Principle: If you sell an item that you know to be defective, telling the buyer that the item is sound, you thereby commit fraud.

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.

2.

The application of the principle is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that

  1. the application fails to establish

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. the application fails to indicate

    Trap

    0% picked this

  3. the application uses the word

    Trap

    4% picked this

  4. Harris might not have believed

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. Correct

    asserting something without justification is

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    94% picked this

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