Logical Reasoning

PT138 · S3 · Q5 Editorialist: Many professional musicians

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Editorialist: Many professional musicians claim that unauthorized music-sharing services, which allow listeners to obtain music for free, rob musicians of royalties.

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.

5.

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

  1. Correct

    concludes that one party is

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    92% picked this

  2. attempts to promote a particular

    Trap

    4% picked this

  3. attacks a position based solely

    Trap

    0% picked this

  4. tries to show that a

    Trap

    2% picked this

  5. treats a necessary condition for

    Trap

    2% picked this

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