Stimulus
Professor Williams: Professor Thomas's report characterizes our colleague Professor York as too flamboyant and confrontational in the classroom. But the argument given in this report sounds so much like the classic argument of the self-serving academic that one has to wonder if Professor Thomas simply is not the and so vents frustrations by condemning others—Professor York in particular.
What this question is testing
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.
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