Logical Reasoning

PT6 · S3 · Q8 The senator has long held

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The senator has long held to the general principle that no true work of art is obscene, and thus that there is no conflict between the need to encourage free artistic expression and the need to protect the sensibilities of the public from obscenity.

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.

8.

The senator’s reasoning contains which one of the following errors?

  1. It seeks to persuade by

    Trap

    0% picked this

  2. It contains an implicit contradiction.

    Trap

    15% picked this

  3. It relies on an assertion

    Trap

    4% picked this

  4. Correct

    It assumes what it seeks

    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.

    76% picked this

  5. It attempts to justify a

    Trap

    5% picked this

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