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30 Mar 2020, 07:30
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Several excellent candidates have been proposed for the presidency of United Wire and each candidate would bring to the job different talents and experience. If the others are compared with Jones, however, it will be apparent that none of them has her unique set of qualifications. Jones, therefore, is best qualified to be the new president of United Wire.
The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the ground that it
(A) uses flattery to win over those who hold an opposing position
(B) refutes a distorted version of an opposing position
(C) seeks to distinguish one member of a group on the basis of something that applies to all
(D) supports universal claim on the basis of a single example
(E) describes an individual in terms that appropriately refer only to the group as a whole
The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the ground that it
(A) uses flattery to win over those who hold an opposing position
(B) refutes a distorted version of an opposing position
(C) seeks to distinguish one member of a group on the basis of something that applies to all
(D) supports universal claim on the basis of a single example
(E) describes an individual in terms that appropriately refer only to the group as a whole
02 Apr 2020, 15:27
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C is the right answer.
Conclusion: Jones is best qualified to be the new president of United Wire.
Premise: If the others are compared with Jones, however, it will be apparent that none of them has her unique set of qualifications.
The argument above is flawed because the author concludes that Jones is best qualified to be the new president on the basis that no other candidate for the position has her unique set of qualifications, meanwhile the argument clearly states that each candidate proposed for the position has a unique set of qualifications. This implies that the fact Jones has a unique set of qualifications is not advantageous since we don't know the specific set of qualifications to enable us to evaluate them against those of others. This is because each person has a unique set of qualifications, hence the conclusion above is flawed. Option C states that the argument seeks to distinguish one member of a group on the basis of something that applies to all, and this is exactly the flaw in the argument above. C is thus the correct answer.
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Conclusion: Jones is best qualified to be the new president of United Wire.
Premise: If the others are compared with Jones, however, it will be apparent that none of them has her unique set of qualifications.
The argument above is flawed because the author concludes that Jones is best qualified to be the new president on the basis that no other candidate for the position has her unique set of qualifications, meanwhile the argument clearly states that each candidate proposed for the position has a unique set of qualifications. This implies that the fact Jones has a unique set of qualifications is not advantageous since we don't know the specific set of qualifications to enable us to evaluate them against those of others. This is because each person has a unique set of qualifications, hence the conclusion above is flawed. Option C states that the argument seeks to distinguish one member of a group on the basis of something that applies to all, and this is exactly the flaw in the argument above. C is thus the correct answer.
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The author did not use any form of flattery in the argument above. A is incorrect.
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The argument above does not refute any opposing position. B is incorrect.
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Correct per the reasoning above.
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The argument does not support any universal claim. D is incorrect.
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The unique qualifications apply to each individual proposed for the position of president and not the group of individuals proposed for the position. E is incorrect.
07 Apr 2020, 08:03
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A. The argument doesn’t use flattery anywhere.
B. There is no opposing position in the argument.
C. The argument says each candidate brings different sets of skills. Then it goes on to say that Jones has a unique set of skills.
But that is also the case with the rest of the candidates. So it tries to apply to jones capabilities applicable to all the candidates. Good.
D. There is no example provided, nor is there any universal claim.
E. The argument doesn’t refer to the group of candidates as a whole. It describes qualities possessed by each. The uniqueness of jones applies to each of the individual candidate, not the candidates as a whole.
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B. There is no opposing position in the argument.
C. The argument says each candidate brings different sets of skills. Then it goes on to say that Jones has a unique set of skills.
But that is also the case with the rest of the candidates. So it tries to apply to jones capabilities applicable to all the candidates. Good.
D. There is no example provided, nor is there any universal claim.
E. The argument doesn’t refer to the group of candidates as a whole. It describes qualities possessed by each. The uniqueness of jones applies to each of the individual candidate, not the candidates as a whole.
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