Logical Reasoning

PT8 · S1 · Q21 Saunders: Everyone at last week’s

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Saunders: Everyone at last week’s neighborhood association meeting agreed that the row of abandoned and vandalized houses on Carlton Street posed a threat to the safety of our neighborhood.

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.

21.

Saunders’ reasoning is flawed because it

  1. relies on fear rather than

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. fails to establish that there

    Trap

    2% picked this

  3. mistakenly equates an absence of

    Trap

    13% picked this

  4. Correct

    offers no evidence that 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.

    81% picked this

  5. does not specify the precise

    Trap

    2% picked this

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