Question #1583

Assistance please and thank you!

Started by DonChris · started 2018-11-10 02:40 · last activity 2018-11-11 20:51 · 2 replies

Why wouldn't it be EPA-some-Ssj To conclude: Ssj-some-Not EPA I get its rather illogical however this is the word for word break down. Now where does not come in other then in the conclusion?

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  1. Jacob-R · 2018-11-11 04:25

    Hi @DonChris I’m happy to try to help. I think your setup is basically correct — the logical error can be expressed as minority X -> Y, therefore some Y -> not X. The “not” in answer A is a sneaky way to express “minority” in the same fashion as the argument in the stem. What I mean by that is, note what answer A says: Most scholars are not motivated by a desire to win prestigious academic prizes. (Doesn’t that mean that a minority of scholars ARE motivated by a desire to win prestigious academic prizes?) And for the conclusion: Thus, some of those who want to win prestigious academic prizes are not scholars. And so the flawed reasoning lines up! Minority of scholars are motivated by a desire to win prizes, thus some of those who want to win prizes are not scholars - the same flawed reasoning as the question stem. Does that help? Please let me know if I can help further.

  2. DonChris · 2018-11-11 20:51

    Thank you always!

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