Logical Reasoning

PT8 · S1 · Q23 Mayor Smith, one of our few

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Mayor Smith, one of our few government officials with a record of outspoken, informed, and consistent opposition to nuclear power plant construction projects, has now declared herself in favor of building the nuclear power plant at Littletown.

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.

23.

The argument is vulnerable to criticism on which one of the following grounds?

  1. It overlooks the possibility that

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. It assumes without warrant that

    Trap

    6% picked this

  3. It fails to establish that

    Trap

    11% picked this

  4. It leads to the further

    Trap

    14% picked this

  5. Correct

    It gives no indication of

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

    Skill tested: Flaw · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    67% picked this

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