Logical Reasoning

PT7 · S4 · Q22 Historian: There is no direct evidence

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Historian: There is no direct evidence that timber was traded between the ancient nations of Poran and Nayal, but the fact that a law setting tariffs on timber imports from Poran was enacted during the third Nayalese dynasty does suggest that during that period a timber trade was conducted.

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.

22.

The critic’s response to the historian is flawed because it

  1. produces evidence that is consistent

    Trap

    4% picked this

  2. cites current laws without indicating

    Trap

    15% picked this

  3. fails to recognize that the

    Trap

    6% picked this

  4. Correct

    takes no account of the

    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.

    69% picked this

  5. accepts without question the assumption

    Trap

    6% picked this

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