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Jane: According to an article in this newsmagazine, children’s hand-eye coordination suffers when they spend a great amount of time watching television. Therefore, we must restrict the amount of time Jacqueline and Mildred are allowed to watch television.
Alan: Rubbish! The article says that only children under three are affected in that way. Jacqueline is ten and Mildred is eight. Therefore, we need not restrict their television viewing.
Alan’s argument against Jane’s conclusion makes which one of the following errors in reasoning?
(A) It relies on the same source that Jane cited in support of her conclusion.
(B) It confuses undermining an argument in support of a given conclusion with showing that the conclusion itself is false.
(C) It does not address the main point of Jane’s argument and focuses instead on a side issue.
(D) It makes an irrelevant appeal to an authority.
(E) It fails to distinguish the consequences of a certain practice from the causes of the practice.
Alan: Rubbish! The article says that only children under three are affected in that way. Jacqueline is ten and Mildred is eight. Therefore, we need not restrict their television viewing.
Alan’s argument against Jane’s conclusion makes which one of the following errors in reasoning?
(A) It relies on the same source that Jane cited in support of her conclusion.
(B) It confuses undermining an argument in support of a given conclusion with showing that the conclusion itself is false.
(C) It does not address the main point of Jane’s argument and focuses instead on a side issue.
(D) It makes an irrelevant appeal to an authority.
(E) It fails to distinguish the consequences of a certain practice from the causes of the practice.
Answer is choice B.
Choice A: This is not an error in reasoning. Alan actually clarifies what's in the argument by providing details. Incorrect.
Choice B: Simply because Alan challenges an argument does not mean it is false especially when backed by fact and research.
Choice C: Alan actually challenges Jane’s argument. Incorrect
Choice D: Alan does not appeal to any authority. Incorrect
Choice E: Alan does not challenge the causes of consequences of television-viewing by children. Incorrect.
Choice A: This is not an error in reasoning. Alan actually clarifies what's in the argument by providing details. Incorrect.
Choice B: Simply because Alan challenges an argument does not mean it is false especially when backed by fact and research.
Choice C: Alan actually challenges Jane’s argument. Incorrect
Choice D: Alan does not appeal to any authority. Incorrect
Choice E: Alan does not challenge the causes of consequences of television-viewing by children. Incorrect.
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The main problem with Alan's argument is that he also agrees to the fact that children suffer from poor hand- eye coordination from watching too much television, but he is ignoring this fact just by showing another reason which is out of scope of Jane's conclusion. So, among our answer choices A and c seem close but Alan's use of the same source is not the error in his argument as the ambiguity of the conclusion from the source is not being appraised here nor Alan is not addressing Jane's argument as he already focused on the hand-eye coordination problem. Choice D brings an authority but no such authority was discussed in the argument. We can eliminate E as Alan didn't distinguish between a certain practice (watching tv) from it's causes. Only B addresses the issue of the problem here. So, B is the CA.
