Logical Reasoning

PT15 · S2 · Q20 S. R. Evans: A few critics have dismissed

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S. R. Evans: A few critics have dismissed my poems as not being poems and have dismissed me as not being a poet.

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.

20.

The argument above is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it

  1. Correct

    presupposes what it sets out

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    76% picked this

  2. uses the distinction between poets

    Trap

    6% picked this

  3. gives no justification for the

    Trap

    8% picked this

  4. makes an unjustifiable distinction, since

    Trap

    9% picked this

  5. inevitably leads to the conclusion

    Trap

    1% picked this

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