No one who works at Leila's

Answer choices

1. A

   Valid Logic14% picked this

   No one who lives in a house both owns it and pays rent on it. So, since my next-door neighbors pay rent on their

   Since you can't own it and pay rent, it's valid logic to say that anyone who pays rent doesn't own it.

   14%
2. B

   Valid Logic9% picked this

   No one who lives in a house both owns it and pays rent on it. My next-door neighbors own their house. Therefore, it must

   Since you can't own it and pay rent, it's valid logic to say that anyone who owns their house doesn't pay rent on it.

   9%
3. C

   Bad Premise Match Bad Validity Match10% picked this

   My neighbors have not paid any rent on their house. Since anyone who lives in a house but does not rent it owns it,

   We don't have a "you can't be both premise", so there's no way to replicate the "hey, it's possible that they're neither" objection. This is closer to being valid logic. The conditional says, "if live there and don't rent -> own it" We establish that the neighbors don't rent. It's pretty safe to assume they live there (otherwise they wouldn't be "neighbors"), so the conclusion would follow that they must own it.

   10%
4. D

   Correct61% picked this

   My next-door neighbors do not own their house. Since no one who lives in a house both owns it and pays rent on it,

   Why this is right

   Live in house → ~Own or ~Rent. X → ~Y or ~Z My neighbors don't own. This X is ~Y. Thus, my neighbors must rent. This X is Z. This is vulnerable to the same objection as the original: "Just because no one is both doesn't mean that everyone is exactly one of them. It's possible that someone is neither of them." Maybe the neighbors are living rent-free in someone else's house.

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

   61%
5. E

   Basically Valid Logic7% picked this

   Anyone who lives in a house but does not own it pays rent on it. My next-door neighbors do not own their house. Therefore,

   This doesn't have a "you can't be both" type premise, so we can stop reading at that point. The logic here is essentially valid, as long as we permit the idea that "my neighbors don't own their house" implies that "my neighbors do live in their house". Live in house and ~Own → Pay Rent. Neighbors (live in and) ~Own their house. Thus, Neighbors Pay Rent on their house.

   7%