Logical Reasoning

PT135 · S2 · Q12 No matter how conscientious they are

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No matter how conscientious they are, historians always have biases that affect their work.

Evidence

No matter how conscientious they are, historians always have biases that affect their work.

Conclusion

Rather than trying to interpret historical events, historians should instead interpret what the people who participated in historical events thought about those events.

Evaluate

The problem with this argument is that the historians are interpreting in both cases. So if they’re likely to bias is likely to affect their interpretation of historical events, it’s also likely to affect their interpretation of what the people who participated in historical events thought about those events as well.

12.

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

  1. historians who have different biases

    Too Weak

    Often agreeing about many aspects of some historical events is not strong enough to indicate that their interpretation of historical events is accurate.

    8% picked this

  2. scholars in disciplines other than

    Out of Scope

    Scholars in disciplines other than history are not relevant to this argument.

    1% picked this

  3. many of the ways in

    Premise Support

    This does not undermine the argument, but rather supports a premise in the argument.

    1% picked this

  4. not all historians are aware

    Out of Scope

    The argument does not assume that all historians are aware of the effect that their particular biases have on their work.

    4% picked this

  5. Correct

    the proposed shift in focus

    Why this is right

    This points out that bias will affect the historians work either way.

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

    86% picked this

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