Logical Reasoning

PT8 · S1 · Q3 Sheila: Health experts generally agree

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Sheila: Health experts generally agree that smoking a tobacco product for many years is very likely to be harmful to the smoker’s health.

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.

3.

A major weakness of Tim’s counterargument is that his counterargument

  1. Correct

    attempts to refute a probabilistic

    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.

    80% picked this

  2. challenges expert opinion on the

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. describes an individual case that

    Trap

    15% picked this

  4. presupposes that longevity and health

    Trap

    4% picked this

  5. tacitly assumes that those health

    Trap

    0% picked this

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