Describe the flaw
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Jbrito14
· started 2019-10-25 19:51
· last activity 2019-10-25 22:03
· 1 reply
Hello, will you explain why A is the right answer? Thank you!
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Irina
· 2019-10-25 22:03
@jbrito14,
The argument tells us that whenever the person has a syndrome, the test yields a positive.
S->P
It then concludes that because a person shows positive, she must have the syndrome.
P->S
This is a logical fallacy of affirming the consequent or mistaken negation, we cannot conclude that just because someone's test result is positive, they definitely have a syndrome, after all it might be a false positive.
(A) accurately describes this flaw, the claim is that S -> P, not that P -> S, therefore, it is the correct answer.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
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