Logical Reasoning

PT17 · S3 · Q16 Each of the elements of Girelli’s

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Each of the elements of Girelli’s recently completed design for a university library is copied from a different one of several historic libraries.

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.

16.

Which one of the following is a reasoning error made in the argument?

  1. Correct

    assuming that because something is

    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.

    91% picked this

  2. generalizing illegitimately from a few

    Trap

    2% picked this

  3. concluding that an unknown instance

    Trap

    2% picked this

  4. presupposing that alternatives that can

    Trap

    2% picked this

  5. deriving a factual conclusion from

    Trap

    2% picked this

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