shagalo wrote:
I couldn't understand this part of the power score book "CR".
Common Errors of Reasoning explained -
1) Uncertain Use of a Term or Concept
As an argument progresses, the author must use each term in a constant,
coherent fashion. Using a term in different ways is inherently confusing and
undermines the integrity of the argument.
Here is an example:
“Some people claim that the values that this country was built on are
now being ignored by modern-day corporations. But this is incorrect.
Corporations are purely profit-driven enterprises, beholden only to their
shareholders, and as such they can only assess objects based on their
value.”
The term “value” is used in the example above in two different senses: first in a
moral or ethical sense and then in a monetary sense. This shift in meaning
undermines the author’s position. (I agree till this point).
This type od answer choice appears more frequently as an incorrect answer than any other type ( I thought that was the stimulus not the answer ..!!! ) . Here are examples of how this error of reasoning can be described in answer choices:
“depending on the ambiguous use of a key term”
“it confuses two different meanings of the word ‘solve’ ”
“relies on interpreting a key term in two different ways”
“equivocates with respect to a central concept”
“allows a key term to shift in meaning from one use to the next”
“fails to define the term”
my Question is .... is this example " Some people claim that the values that this country was built on are
now being ignored by modern........" the stimulus or the answer choice ???? and whaare
It is the stimulus. And the flaw in this stimulus is “it confuses two different meanings of the word ‘value’ ” which will be listed as one of the available answer choices.
Hope it helps