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So-called environmentalists have argued that the proposed Golden Lake Development would interfere with bird-migration patterns. However, the fact that these same people have raised environmental objections to virtually every development proposal brought before the council in recent years indicates that their expressed concern for bird-migration patterns is nothing but a mask for their antidevelopment, antiprogress agenda. Their claim, therefore, should be dismissed without further consideration.
Which one of the following questionable argumentative techniques is employed in the passage?
(A) taking the failure of a given argument to establish its conclusion as the basis for claiming that the view expressed by that conclusion is false
(B) rejecting the conclusion of an argument on the basis of a claim about the motives of those advancing the argument
(C) using a few exceptional cases as the basis for a claim about what is true in general
(D) misrepresenting evidence that supports the position the argument is intended to refute
(E) assuming that what is true of a group as a whole is necessarily true of each member of that group
Which one of the following questionable argumentative techniques is employed in the passage?
(A) taking the failure of a given argument to establish its conclusion as the basis for claiming that the view expressed by that conclusion is false
(B) rejecting the conclusion of an argument on the basis of a claim about the motives of those advancing the argument
(C) using a few exceptional cases as the basis for a claim about what is true in general
(D) misrepresenting evidence that supports the position the argument is intended to refute
(E) assuming that what is true of a group as a whole is necessarily true of each member of that group
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(A) No. The passage criticizes the motives of the environmentalists; it does not attack the logical structure of their argument.
(B) Yes. The issue is whether the development would interfere with bird-migration patterns. Attacking the opposition’s motives does not address this issue.
(C) No. Although the argument highlights the Golden Lake Development case, it also notes that the “same people have raised environmental objections to virtually every development proposal brought before the council in recent years.” A few exceptional cases are not being used to misrepresent the general situation.
(D) No. Evidence for or against the environmentalists'’ claim is not presented in the passage.
(E) No. The environmentalists are addressed as a group, not as individuals.
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04 Feb 2020, 23:41
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So-called environmentalists have argued that the proposed Golden Lake Development would interfere with bird-migration patterns. However, the fact that these same people have raised environmental objections to virtually every development proposal brought before the council in recent years indicates that their expressed concern for bird-migration patterns is nothing but a mask for their antidevelopment, antiprogress agenda. Their claim, therefore, should be dismissed without further consideration.
Which one of the following questionable argumentative techniques is employed in the passage?
(A) taking the failure of a given argument to establish its conclusion as the basis for claiming that the view expressed by that conclusion is false
Well there is no indication the environmentalists claim is false. So their argument does not fail based on the information given. A is out
(B) rejecting the conclusion of an argument on the basis of a claim about the motives of those advancing the argument
The conclusion is that the development would interfere with bird-migration patterns. This is rejected based on the underlying motives of the environmentalists thus those advancing the argument. Let's keep B
(C) using a few exceptional cases as the basis for a claim about what is true in general
Sounds good as well, but we do not know whether the other claims are justified or just based or not. He argues with the underlying motive of environmentalists rather than with individual cases. C is out
(D) misrepresenting evidence that supports the position the argument is intended to refute
There is actually no real evidence so D is out as well
(E) assuming that what is true of a group as a whole is necessarily true of each member of that group
It is explicitly stated that the concerns were raised by the same people. E is out as well
Which one of the following questionable argumentative techniques is employed in the passage?
(A) taking the failure of a given argument to establish its conclusion as the basis for claiming that the view expressed by that conclusion is false
Well there is no indication the environmentalists claim is false. So their argument does not fail based on the information given. A is out
(B) rejecting the conclusion of an argument on the basis of a claim about the motives of those advancing the argument
The conclusion is that the development would interfere with bird-migration patterns. This is rejected based on the underlying motives of the environmentalists thus those advancing the argument. Let's keep B
(C) using a few exceptional cases as the basis for a claim about what is true in general
Sounds good as well, but we do not know whether the other claims are justified or just based or not. He argues with the underlying motive of environmentalists rather than with individual cases. C is out
(D) misrepresenting evidence that supports the position the argument is intended to refute
There is actually no real evidence so D is out as well
(E) assuming that what is true of a group as a whole is necessarily true of each member of that group
It is explicitly stated that the concerns were raised by the same people. E is out as well
