Logical Reasoning

PT8 · S4 · Q20 So-called environmentalists have argued

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So-called environmentalists have argued that the proposed Golden Lake Development would interfere with bird-migration patterns.

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.

20.

Which one of the following questionable argumentative techniques is employed in the passage?

  1. taking the failure of a

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. Correct

    rejecting the conclusion of an

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    92% picked this

  3. using a few exceptional cases

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. misrepresenting evidence that supports the

    Trap

    3% picked this

  5. assuming that what is true

    Trap

    1% picked this

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