Logical Reasoning

PT144 · S3 · Q1 The television star Markus Hermann

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The television star Markus Hermann refuses to grant interviews with newspapers unless he is given the right to approve the article before publication.

Evidence

The television star Markus I → RA Hermann refuses to grant interviews with newspapers unless he is given the right to approve the article before publication.

The Greyburg Messenger ~GET newspaper refuses to do anything that its editors believe will compromise their editorial integrity.

Conclusion

So the Messenger will not ~I interview Hermann.

Evaluate

The argument assumes RA → CEI that the editors believe that giving the right to approve an article would compromise their editorial integrity.

1.

The conclusion of the argument is properly drawn if which one of the following completes the passage?

  1. Correct

    the editors of the Messenger

    Why this is right

    This bridges the gap RA ? CEI between giving an interviewee the right to approve an article and compromising their integrity.

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

    95% picked this

  2. the Messenger has never before

    Out of Scope

    The past is not relevant to this argument about the present.

    2% picked this

  3. most television stars are willing

    Out of Scope

    What other television stars are willing to do is not relevant to this argument about what Hermann is willing to do.

    0% picked this

  4. Hermann usually requests substantial changes

    Too Weak

    This assumes that requesting substantial changes to interview articles before approving them would compromise the editors’ integrity.

    2% picked this

  5. Hermann believes that the Messenger

    Supports a Premise

    This explains why Hermann requires having the right to approve the article before publication, but does not show why the Messenger will not interview Hermann.

    1% picked this

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