Some eloquent speakers impress

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Premise Match Valid Logic7% picked this

   A culture without myths will also lack fundamental moral certainties. Thus, this culture must lack fundamental moral certainties, since

   Let's look at our two premises: This culture is devoid of myth. A culture without myths will lack fundamental moral certainties. Can anything be properly concluded by combining those ideas? Sure, it proves that "this culture will lack fundamental moral certainties". That's what the actual conclusion says, so this is airtight logic. The two premises here were like this: P1: This A is B. P2 All B's are C. C: thus, This A is C This inference works, because the common ingredient in the two premises is the trigger of the conditional premise. Meanwhile, in our original argument, the common ingredient was not the trigger. P1: Some A's are B P2: C's are not A C: thus, C's are not B If we rewrote Premise 2, we could make A the trigger, but then the conclusion would be different. P1: Some B's are A P2: All A's are not C. The valid conclusion would be "Some B's are not C", or "Some people who impress their audiences are not obscene". But the original conclusion is not valid, whereas the conclusion on this answer choice is.

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2. B

   Bad Conclusion Match Valid Logic16% picked this

   There are authors who write one page a day and produce one book per year. Serious authors, however, do not write one page per

   The quickest way to distance ourselves from this answer would be seeing that the conclusion here is just a some statement, whereas the original conclusion pertained to all obscene speakers. Let's look at the two premises: - Serious authors don't write one page per day - There are authors who write one page a day and produce one book per year. Can we infer anything? Sure we could infer that some authors who produce one book per year are not serious authors. And since that is what the conclusion says, this is valid logic. This argument was essentially this: P1: Some A's are B P2: All C's are not A C: Some B's are not C. The original argument was this: P1: Some A's are B P2: All C's are not A C: thus, C's are not B

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3. C

   Bad Conclusion Match Weak Premise Match5% picked this

   Cities that are centers of commerce are always centers of industry as well. It follows that some centers of commerce are small cities, since

   The quickest way to distance ourselves from this answer would be seeing that the conclusion here is just a some statement, whereas the original conclusion pertained to all obscene speakers. Let's look at the two premises: - Some centers of industry are not small cities - All cities that are centers of commerce are centers of industry Can we infer anything? No, we can't. The overlapping term ("center of industry") is not the trigger of the conditional. This argument looks like this: P1: Some A's are not B. P2: All C's are A. C: Some C's are B. The original argument was this: P1: Some A's are B P2: All C's are not A C: All C's are not B

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4. D

   Bad Conclusion Match Weak Premise Match6% picked this

   Most farmers like living in rural areas. Since Carla is not a farmer, she probably would not enjoy

   The quickest way to distance ourselves from this answer would be seeing that the conclusion here is a probably statement, whereas the original conclusion was a certain statement about all obscene speakers. Let's look at the two premises: - Most farmers like living in rural areas. - Carla is not a farmer. Can we infer anything? No, we can't. If Carla were a farmer, we could infer that she "probably likes living in rural areas". This argument looks like this: P1: Most A's are B. P2: C is not A. C: C is probably not B. The original argument was this: P1: Some A's are B P2: All C's are not A C: All C's are not B

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5. E

   Correct67% picked this

   Sculptors sometimes produce significant works of art. But musicians are not sculptors. Hence, musicians never produce

   Why this is right

   This matches the original. Some A's are B Some eloquent speakers impress their audience. Some sculptors produce significant works of art. All C's are not A All obscene speakers are not eloquent. All musicians are not sculptors. All C's are not B All obscene speakers do not impress their audience. All musicians do not produce significant works of art.

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

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