Tanya would refrain from littering if everyone else refrained from littering. None of her friends litter, and therefo...
ShirnelMarch 15, 2020
Why isn't A an equivocation flaw?
The video didn't explain this. I was torn between A and E however chose A. A, E and the passage seem similar to me, can you please explain why A is different? Thank you.
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The passage is flawed because it equates the entire population of a big group ("everyone else") with a specific subgroup of the big group ("her friends").
Answer choice (E) is correct because it makes the same logical flaw as the passage. It equates the entire population of a big group ("all of a restaurant's customers") with a specific subgroup of the big group ("everyone whom Sherryl consulted").
Answer choice (A) is different than the passage and (E) because it does not compare a big group to a specific subgroup. (A) tells us that "all residents of the same neighborhood have some goals in common." It then looks to one group of neighborhood residents with a goal, and concludes that at least some other residents of this same neighborhood must share the goal. Here, (A) is comparing one group of neighborhood residents to "at least some other residents" in the same neighborhood. Therefore, it is comparing two different specific subgroups within a larger population.
Does that make sense? Please let us know if you have any other questions and best of luck with your studies!
bb042745April 9, 2020
In the video, this was called an equivocation flaw, which I understood to mean using a different definition for the same word or term. This seemed to me to be more like a whole to part or part to whole flaw. What am i missing or is that trying to cut it "too finely"?
bb042745April 28, 2020
I was doing diagramming drills from another source and found some diagramming that for the word “always” that I don’t recall seeing in the S&N LSAT Max materials. The statements to be diagrammed were:
Our hearts always beat faster in the morning.
The correct diagram was M —> HBF; ~HBF —> ~M.
Similarly, Walter and Jack always sleep through lunch.
L —> WS and JS; ~WS or ~JS —> ~L
Finally, People always get into car accidents when they drive using their cell phones.
DCP —> A; ~A —> ~DCP
Instinctively, I used always just like all, every, each to introduce sufficient though when I take the real meaning of the sentences above and rearrange, e.g. “If it’s morning, my heart always beats faster.;” “If it’s lunch, Walter and Jack are always sleeping.”; and “If people use their cell phones while driving, they always get into accidents.;” the diagramming is self-evident.
I don’t know if I had just missed a rule. Can you please provide some clarity? Thank you.
