| Critical Reasoning Butler: June 2025 |
| June 25 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 You have three boxes, each containing two balls, one containing a black pair; one, a white pair; and the third, one white ball and one black ball. On each block are pictures of two balls-either two black ones, two white ones, or one white and one black.
You are told that the markings on the boxes are all wrong. You are asked to ascertain the colors of the balls contained in each box.
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the above?
(A) You can take out one ball from the box marked with two black balls and, without looking at the second ball, know what is box actually contains.
(B) You can take out one ball from the box marked with two white balls and, without looking at the second ball, know what is box actually contains.
(C) You can take out one ball from the box marked with one white ball and one black ball and, without looking at the second ball, know what is box contains.
(D) You cannot know which balls are contained in which box until you take a ball out of more than one box.
(E) You cannot know which boxes contain which color balls until you take a ball out of all three boxes.
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CR 2 Although it’s a common perception that philosophy has no practical application to the real world,
history suggests otherwise. In fact, the word “philosophy” itself derives from the Greek roots philos, meaning “love”, and sophos, which means “wisdom”. Taken together,
the word “philosophy” literally means “love of wisdom.” The bolded phrases play which of the following roles in the argument above?
A. The first phrase states the conclusion and the second phrase offers support for that conclusion.
B. The first phrase introduces evidence supporting a conclusion, and the second phrase contains that evidence.
C. The first phrase contains an objection to a common perception, and the second phrase offers support for that objection.
D. The first phrase states a premise on which the conclusion is based, and the second phrase offers a supporting definition.
E. The first phrase defines a word crucial to the argument, and the second phrase states the conclusion.