Logical Reasoning

PT9 · S2 · Q14 Lucien: Public-housing advocates

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Lucien: Public-housing advocates claim that the many homeless people in this city are proof that there is insufficient housing available to them and therefore that more low-income apartments are needed.

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.

14.

Lucien’s argument against the public-housing advocates’ position is most vulnerable to which one of the following criticisms?

  1. It offers no justification for

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. It treats information acquired through

    Trap

    12% picked this

  3. Correct

    It responds to a claim

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    80% picked this

  4. It overlooks the possibility that

    Trap

    4% picked this

  5. It fails to address the

    Trap

    1% picked this

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