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Lesson: Challenging Critical/Logical Reasoning - 02t03

Review The Basics

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The church forbids its members to drink anything containing alcohol. Mr. Wright is a member of the church. Therefore, Mr. Wright does not knowingly drink anything containing alcohol.

To refresh your Reasoning skills, read the argument above, and identify the evidence, conclusion, and assumption.

 

Now think of how you might strengthen and weaken the argument. Click Continue to see our answers.

To strengthen this argument you would try to confirm the central assumption, e.g., "Mr. Wright studiously follows all the rules of his church."

To weaken this argument you would try to undermine this assumption, e.g., "Mr. Wright follows only some of the rules of his church."

Now that we've reviewed the basics, let's move on to some more advanced concepts, starting with the more common wrong answer choices you are likely to see on your test.

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