Logical Reasoning

PT149 · S4 · Q14 Columnist: Wildlife activists have

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Columnist: Wildlife activists have proposed that the practice of stringing cable TV lines from the same poles that carry electric power lines should be banned because cable TV lines, while electrically neutral themselves, make it easier for animals to climb near electric power lines, risking electrocution.

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.

14.

Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the columnist's reasoning?

  1. It takes a sufficient condition

    Trap

    4% picked this

  2. Correct

    It rejects an argument for

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    91% picked this

  3. It fails to consider the

    Trap

    4% picked this

  4. It rejects an argument by

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. It rejects a proposal to

    Trap

    1% picked this

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