Logical Reasoning

PT15 · S3 · Q2 Those who support the continued reading

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Those who support the continued reading and performance of Shakespeare's plays maintain that in England appreciation for his work has always extended beyond educated elites and that ever since Shakespeare's own time his plays have always been known and loved by comparatively uneducated people.

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 describes a reasoning error in the argument?

  1. The argument uses the popularity

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. The argument bases an aesthetic

    Trap

    4% picked this

  3. The argument anachronistically uses the

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. The argument judges the literary

    Trap

    10% picked this

  5. Correct

    The argument does not allow

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    81% picked this

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