Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT144 S4 Q5 Explanation

Scholar: Recently, some religions

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TopicsNecessary Assumption

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Stimulus

Scholar: Recently, some religions have updated the language of their traditional texts and replaced traditional rituals with more contemporary ones. These changes have been followed by increases in attendance at places of worship affiliated with these modernization will result in increased numbers of worshipers.

What this question is testing

Necessary Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption the argument requires in order for its conclusion to hold.

Common trap

Answers that would help the argument but aren't strictly required (sufficient, not necessary).

Winning move

Negate each choice — the right one breaks the argument when negated.

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The question
5.

The scholar's reasoning is flawed because the scholar presumes without giving sufficient

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    not every religion can update its texts and replace its

  2. Trap2% picked this

    modernization of religious texts and rituals will not involve an alteration

  3. Correct92% picked this

    the modernization of the texts and rituals of some religions was the cause of their

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap4% picked this

    making texts and rituals more modern is the only way in which a religion could bring about an increase in

  5. Trap1% picked this

    the growth in attendance at places of worship affiliated with religions that made their texts and rituals

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