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John: You told me once that no United States citizen who supports union labor should buy an imported car. Yet you are buying an Alma. Since Alma is one of the biggest makers of imports, I infer that you no longer support unions.
Harry: I still support labor unions. Even though Alma is a foreign car company, the car I am buying, the Alma Deluxe, is designed, engineered, and manufactured in the United States.
Harry's method of defending his purchase of an Alma is to
(A) disown the principle he formerly held
(B) show that John's argument involves a false unstated assumption
(C) contradict John's conclusion without challenging John's reasoning in drawing that conclusion
(D) point out that one of the statements John makes in support of his argument is false
(E) claim that his is a special case in which the rule need not apply
Harry: I still support labor unions. Even though Alma is a foreign car company, the car I am buying, the Alma Deluxe, is designed, engineered, and manufactured in the United States.
Harry's method of defending his purchase of an Alma is to
(A) disown the principle he formerly held
(B) show that John's argument involves a false unstated assumption
(C) contradict John's conclusion without challenging John's reasoning in drawing that conclusion
(D) point out that one of the statements John makes in support of his argument is false
(E) claim that his is a special case in which the rule need not apply
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Verbal Review 2020 NEW QUESTION
Evaluation of a Plan
Situation
Harry has bought a car manufactured by Alma, a company among the largest makers of cars imported to the United States. From that fact John infers that Harry no longer holds a principle he formerly professed: that nobody who supports U.S. union labor should buy an imported car. Harry responds by clarifying that the Alma Deluxe he is buying is entirely a U.S. product.
Reasoning
What method has Harry used to show that his purchasing an Alma is not inconsistent with his principles? Harry does this by showing that John is incorrectly assuming that the car Harry is purchasing has been imported.
(A) Harry does not disown the principle he formerly held; rather, he tries to show that his purchase is consistent with it.
(B) Correct. John mistakenly assumes—without asserting—that the Alma that Harry is buying must be an imported car, and Harry indicates that this assumption is false.
(C) Harry challenges John's conclusion but he also challenges John's reasoning, by indicating that it relies on a false unstated assumption.
(D) John does not state the assumption that Harry indicates is false, but Harry recognizes that the assumption in question is unstated.
(E) Harry does not claim this; he claims, rather, that the new Alma he is purchasing is not imported and so his purchase does not violate his principle concerning union labor.
CR21661.01
Verbal Review 2020 NEW QUESTION
Evaluation of a Plan
Situation
Harry has bought a car manufactured by Alma, a company among the largest makers of cars imported to the United States. From that fact John infers that Harry no longer holds a principle he formerly professed: that nobody who supports U.S. union labor should buy an imported car. Harry responds by clarifying that the Alma Deluxe he is buying is entirely a U.S. product.
Reasoning
What method has Harry used to show that his purchasing an Alma is not inconsistent with his principles? Harry does this by showing that John is incorrectly assuming that the car Harry is purchasing has been imported.
(A) Harry does not disown the principle he formerly held; rather, he tries to show that his purchase is consistent with it.
(B) Correct. John mistakenly assumes—without asserting—that the Alma that Harry is buying must be an imported car, and Harry indicates that this assumption is false.
(C) Harry challenges John's conclusion but he also challenges John's reasoning, by indicating that it relies on a false unstated assumption.
(D) John does not state the assumption that Harry indicates is false, but Harry recognizes that the assumption in question is unstated.
(E) Harry does not claim this; he claims, rather, that the new Alma he is purchasing is not imported and so his purchase does not violate his principle concerning union labor.
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John: You told me once that no United States citizen who supports union labor should buy an imported car. Yet you are buying an Alma. Since Alma is one of the biggest makers of imports, I infer that you no longer support unions.
Harry: I still support labor unions. Even though Alma is a foreign car company, the car I am buying, the Alma Deluxe, is designed, engineered, and manufactured in the United States.
Harry's method of defending his purchase of an Alma is to
A. disown the principle he formerly held
B. show that John's argument involves a false unstated assumption
C. contradict John's conclusion without challenging John's reasoning in drawing that conclusion
D. point out that one of the statements John makes in support of his argument is false
E. claim that his is a special case in which the rule need not apply
CR21661.01
Verbal Review 2020 NEW QUESTION
Harry: I still support labor unions. Even though Alma is a foreign car company, the car I am buying, the Alma Deluxe, is designed, engineered, and manufactured in the United States.
Harry's method of defending his purchase of an Alma is to
A. disown the principle he formerly held
B. show that John's argument involves a false unstated assumption
C. contradict John's conclusion without challenging John's reasoning in drawing that conclusion
D. point out that one of the statements John makes in support of his argument is false
E. claim that his is a special case in which the rule need not apply
CR21661.01
Verbal Review 2020 NEW QUESTION
We need to read the stated principle carefully: No United States citizen who supports union labor should buy an IMPORTED CAR.
John:
You are buying an Alma.
Alma is one of the biggest makers of imports
Conclusion - You no longer support unions.
Harry:
Alma is a foreign car company
The car I am buying is made in US
Conclusion - I still support unions
What is Harry's method of defending?
A. disown the principle he formerly held
He does not disown the principle.
B. show that John's argument involves a false unstated assumption
Correct - He shows that John's argument assumes that because Alma is a foreign car company, the car Harry is buying is an imported car. This is false because the car Harry is buying is made in US. So Harry shows that John's argument involves a false unstated assumption.
C. contradict John's conclusion without challenging John's reasoning in drawing that conclusion
He does contradict John's conclusion but he does not give in to John's reasoning. He challenges John's reasoning by saying that foreign car company does not imply "imported car". The car can still be US made.
D. point out that one of the statements John makes in support of his argument is false
No. Harry does not point out that John's any statement is false. All John's statements are accepted by Harry but he points out a false assumption John makes in his reasoning.
E. claim that his is a special case in which the rule need not apply
No. He does not claim that the rule need not apply to him. He applies the rule to himself too. He clarifies that his car is indeed US made and not imported.
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Can somebody please explain why E is wrong? The explanations stated above weren't much convincing since he mentions a spacial case might not necessarily applies for John's assertion. Thanks
Sure. Let's look at (B) and (E), side by side. I'll start with (E). But first, let's break down the stem in super simple terms, so that we are all on the same page.
John: You told me that Americans who support Labor Unions shouldn't buy imports. You are buying an Alma. Alma makes a lot of imports. Therefore, I don't think you support Labor Unions anymore.
Harry: Oh, I still support Labor Unions, the Alma that I am buying is actually not imported.
Harry's method of defending his purchase of an Alma is to
Bunuel
E. claim that his is a special case in which the rule need not apply
Tempting answer... John let's us know that Alma manufactures a lot of imports. However, Harry let's us know that the Alma that he is purchasing is actually not an import.
Does that mean that Harry's purchase is a special case? Eh, maybe. We don't really know how rare it is that Alma makes cars in the U.S. For all we know, they may make just as many domestically as they do internationally. We don't know! All we do know is that Alma is one of the biggest manufacturers of imports.
What I'm getting at is that I think this answer choice is trying to get us to assume something that we have no business assuming... Speaking of "assumptions", didn't one of the answer choices mention an "assumption?"
Bunuel
B. show that John's argument involves a false unstated assumption
Ahh, yes. Here we go. Harry is saying: John, just because Alma manufactures a lot of imports, doesn't mean that my Alma is an import. I still support Labor Unions, dude.
I hope this helps. Excuse my overly informal language
