General Flaws Question

motunrayobbmartinsmotunrayobbmartins Core Member
edited February 2021 in Logical Reasoning 50 karma

help would there be a circular reasoning flaw if a stimulus presents 2 premises, 1 that repeats the conclusion, and another that does not repeat the premise but has a separate flaw.

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  • FaviPapi-1-1FaviPapi-1-1 Member
    313 karma

    Theoretically, yes: that could happen... As you may know, an argument can have multiple flaws. However, I think I need to see a question that describes such an argument. The more I think about it, the more I go against my answer above! Hahaha

  • motunrayobbmartinsmotunrayobbmartins Core Member
    50 karma

    @FaviPapi okay, so if a stimulus mentioned: Anna believes that cats are scary. Her belief is correct, because of how scary cats are. Also, she had a traumatic event as a child in which a cat bit her severely.
    The idea of a circular argument is repeating the premise. However, what if like here, the author also presented another premise that actually works. Would that still be the flaw? Does this make sense :(

  • kkole444kkole444 Alum Member ⭐
    1687 karma

    Hello @motunrayobbmartins Yes I think that would constitute the flaw. the LSAT could ask that and it could be the correct (supporting the conclusion with a premise that restates the conclusion) answer, however, on the LSAT it is usually explicit when they employ that flaw. The LSAT has given 2+ premises on other question types but only decided to 'use' or implicate one for the correct answer choice. I have seen that in SA/NA and MBT/MBF and Strengthen questions.

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