Logical Reasoning

PT15 · S2 · Q2 Physicist: The claim that low-temperature

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Physicist: The claim that low-temperature nuclear fusion can be achieved entirely by chemical means is based on chemical experiments in which the measurements and calculations are inaccurate.

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.

2.

Which one of the following is the strongest criticism of the chemist’s response to the physicist’s challenge?

  1. It restates a claim in

    Trap

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  2. It fails to establish that

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. It confuses two different meanings

    Trap

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  4. Correct

    It is directed against the

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    97% picked this

  5. It rests on a contradiction.

    Trap

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