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Jane: According to an article in this news magazine, children’s hand-eye coordination suffers when they spend a great amount of time watching television. Therefore, we must restrict the amount of time Jacqueline and Mildred are allowed to watch television.
Alan: Rubbish! The article says that only children under three are affected in that way. Jacqueline is ten and Mildred is eight. Therefore, we need not restrict their television viewing.
Alan’s argument against Jane’s conclusion makes which one of the following errors in reasoning?
(A) It relies on the same source that Jane cited in support of her conclusion.
(B) It confuses undermining an argument in support of a given conclusion with showing that the conclusion itself is false.
(C) It does not address the main point of Jane’s argument and focuses instead on a side issue.
(D) It makes an irrelevant appeal to an authority.
(E) It fails to distinguish the consequences of a certain practice from the causes of the practice.
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1 min & It is B
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Agree with B here although C was tempting.
conclusion: we must restrict the amount of time Jacqueline and Mildred are allowed to watch television
argument: children’s hand-eye coordination suffers when they spend a great amount of time watching television
Alan says: rubbish! If he says that, he must be in total disagreement with the argument; he should instead try to destroy the argument. Yet, all he does is saying that the conclusion is not true because his children fall into a different category. He does nothing to attack the argument
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B is my choice too.
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agree with B. Nice explanation Paul.
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why is B a better choice than C?
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lastochka wrote: why is B a better choice than C?
The main point of Janes argument (aka conclusion) is that the children shouldnt watch T.V.
Alan DOES address this, although his method for disputing the conclusion is incorrect (per B).
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SigEpUCI wrote: lastochka wrote: why is B a better choice than C? The main point of Janes argument (aka conclusion) is that the children shouldnt watch T.V. Alan DOES address this, although his method for disputing the conclusion is incorrect (per B). thanks! tough q...
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OA is B
Thanks all for ur explanations
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Jane: According to an article in this news magazine, children’s hand-eye coordination suffers when they spend a great amount of time watching television. Therefore, we must restrict the amount of time Jacqueline and Mildred are allowed to watch television. Alan: Rubbish! The article says that only children under three are affected in that way. Jacqueline is ten and Mildred is eight. Therefore, we need not restrict their television viewing. Alan’s argument against Jane’s conclusion makes which one of the following errors in reasoning? (A) It relies on the same source that Jane cited in support of her conclusion. (B) It confuses undermining an argument in support of a given conclusion with showing that the conclusion itself is false. (C) It does not address the main point of Jane’s argument and focuses instead on a side issue. (D) It makes an irrelevant appeal to an authority. (E) It fails to distinguish the consequences of a certain practice from the causes of the practice.
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let me know if (E) is right.
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It fails to distinguish the consequences of a certain practice from the causes of the practice.
here the practice being "watching the television"
consequences of a certian practice is not considered by Alan..
so E.
Last edited by vprabhala on 04 Mar 2005, 08:01, edited 1 time in total.
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I am not convinced with E.
Practice is watching TV
Consequence - loss of hand-eye coordination
Cause of practice ie watching TV----?
The OA which I have is not E unless it is wrong.
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i would choose B) or C) !
he doesnt weaken or undermine the argument. he just attacks the conclusion => that is what B) says
hm? i dont think that the age is a side issue, moreover it is a main point.
i dont think that E) points to the error in his reasoning. he just fails to attack the argument.
...so B)
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J: If A (TV) then B (bad eye).
A: If A and C (younger than 3) then B. Non C, therefore non B.
Flaw: C leads to B doesn't mean non C leads to non B. (Read the CR principle thread again.)
(B) It confuses undermining an argument in support of a given conclusion with showing that the conclusion itself is false.
A undermineded J's argument by saying only if both A and C are true, then B is certain to be true. However he did not show that B itself is necessarily false.
Use layman's word, he showed that the artical says three years old would have bad hand eye coordination if they watch too much TV. But he didn't show whether or not older children would suffer from the same effect.
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good one.. that explains it.. thanks for the explanation HongHu..
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HongHu wrote: J: If A (TV) then B (bad eye).
A: If A and C (younger than 3) then B. Non C, therefore non B.
Flaw: C leads to B doesn't mean non C leads to non B. (Read the CR principle thread again.)
(B) It confuses undermining an argument in support of a given conclusion with showing that the conclusion itself is false.
A undermineded J's argument by saying only if both A and C are true, then B is certain to be true. However he did not show that B itself is necessarily false.
Use layman's word, he showed that the artical says three years old would have bad hand eye coordination if they watch too much TV. But he didn't show whether or not older children would suffer from the same effect. HongHu, A also says that " ONLY children under three are affected ...". So, I think this implies that the same rule doesn't apply over children over three. CB Doesn't this rule out option B too.
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saurya_s wrote: Jane: According to an article in this newsmagazine, children’s hand-eye coordination suffers when they spend a great amount of time watching television. Therefore, we must restrict the amount of time Jacqueline and Mildred are allowed to watch television.
Alan: Rubbish! The article says that only children under three are affected in that way. Jacqueline is ten and Mildred is eight. Therefore, we need not restrict their television viewing.
Alan’s argument against Jane’s conclusion makes which one of the following errors in reasoning?
(A) It relies on the same source that Jane cited in support of her conclusion.
(B) It confuses undermining an argument in support of a given conclusion with showing that the conclusion itself is false.
(C) It does not address the main point of Jane’s argument and focuses instead on a side issue.
(D) It makes an irrelevant appeal to an authority.
(E) It fails to distinguish the consequences of a certain practice from the causes of the practice. B POE A: this isnt a flaw C: not really its the same issue. D: no E: I dont really see how it fails to distinguish the consequences of a certain practice from the causes. E or B was my guess, but I really liked B better. I have to admit B is rather confusing
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Well my answer was E. The reason I didn't choose B was that it said that A showed that the conclusion is false. But in the argument, A says that J didn't cite the article correctly and thus the conclusion is false.
CB
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B it is..
OA??
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