lsat-6-2-14

liy_lilan

14.Joshua Smith’s new novel was criticized by the book editor for The Daily Standard as implausible. That criticism, like so many other criticisms from the same source in the past, is completely unwarranted, as anyone who has actually read the novel would agree. Each one of the incidents in which Smith’s hero gets involved is the kind of incident that could very well have happened to someone or other.

Which one of the following is the most serious error of reasoning in the argument?

(A) It relies on the assumption that a criticism can legitimately by dismissed as unwarranted if it is offended by someone who had previously displayed questionable judgment.

(B) It ignores the fact that people can agree about something even though what they agree about is not the case.

(C) It calls into question the intellectual integrity of the critic in order to avoid having to address the grounds on which the criticism is based.

(D) It takes for granted that a whole story will have a given characteristics if each of its parts has that characteristics.

(E) It attempts to justify its conclusion by citing reasons that most people would find plausible only if they were already convinced that the conclusion was true.

The key is D. But I don't get it. My choise is A, because I think that in the argument, the words-- "like so many other criticisms from the same source in the past" --meets what A says. Why A is not correct?

weiyu

.Joshua Smith’s new novel was criticized by the book editor for The Daily Standard as implausible. That criticism, like so many other criticisms from the same source in the past, is completely unwarranted, as anyone who has actually read the novel would agree (Conclusion). Each one of the incidents in which Smith’s hero gets involved is the kind of incident that could very well have happened to someone or other (Premise).


A是说conclusion不对．而正确的逻辑错误应当指出推理的缺陷

tianwan

如果A的offended改为defended，是不是A就可以了？

lawyer_1

A错的原因是你搞错原因(PREMISE),题干的CONCLUSION是:CRITICISM IS UNWARRANT.原因是: 小说中的每个INCIDENTS可能发生在某些人身上.


LIKE后面部分只是说明这种性质的批评不单一次,还有很多次,修辞成分不是原因.


实际上,题干的推理就是部分和整体的关系

liy_lilan

Thanks for all the discuss. I got it. And I am also aware that I need to pay attention to the understanding.