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21 Apr 2020, 02:13
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Commissioner: I have been incorrectly criticized for having made my decision on the power plant issue prematurely. I based my decision on the report prepared by the neighborhood association and although I have not studied it thoroughly, I am sure that the information it contains is accurate. Moreover, you may recall that when I received input from the neighborhood association on jail relocation, I agreed with its recommendation.
The commissioner’s argument is LEAST vulnerable to which one of the following criticism?
(A) It takes for granted that the association’s information is not distorted by bias.
(B) It draws a conclusion about the recommendations of the association from incomplete recollections.
(C) It takes for granted that the association’s report is the only direct evidence that needed to be considered.
(D) It hastily concludes that the association’s report is accurate without having studied it in detail.
(E) It takes for granted that agreeing with the association’s past recommendation helps justify agreeing with its current recommendation.
21 Apr 2020, 09:34
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(A) Yes, it does do this (by assuming the information is accurate, the commissioner is assuming it is not distorted), and this weakens the commissioners argument
(B) There is no indication that the commissioner's recollection is incomplete--in fact, the commissioner remembers the previous recommendation, and his agreement with it. This doesn't weaken the argument, and is the right answer.
(C) The argument is based on only using the association's report, and this does weaken it
(D) The commissioner admits this, and this certainly weakens the argument.
(E) Yes, this line of reasoning is used by the commissioner to justify not studying the report, and this is a very valid criticism of the argument
(B) There is no indication that the commissioner's recollection is incomplete--in fact, the commissioner remembers the previous recommendation, and his agreement with it. This doesn't weaken the argument, and is the right answer.
(C) The argument is based on only using the association's report, and this does weaken it
(D) The commissioner admits this, and this certainly weakens the argument.
(E) Yes, this line of reasoning is used by the commissioner to justify not studying the report, and this is a very valid criticism of the argument
21 Apr 2020, 18:42
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argument
=c is wrongly crit by his decision
=based on na report not studied thoroughly
=information 'seems' accurate
=decision was also weighed by his past experience with other na reports
(A) flaw
(C) flaw
(D) flaw
(E) flaw
ans (B) "incomplete recollections" was not a flaw in the argument, in fact, he seems to have remembered things very clearly from his past experience.
