June 2010 LSAT Section 5 Question 9

Which one of the following statements most accurately characterizes a difference between the two passages?

Trinity_00 on November 12 at 12:34AM

Flawed Argument

I am confused about the argument regarding Sue. The teacher states that "An argument is VALID if and only if the conclusion follows logically from the stated premises, assuming these premises are to be true". Are we assuming that the premises is true or does it have to be true. It seemed like it was a flawed argument because the premises is not true, however I can assume that it is true which would than make the argument valid.

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PatriciaManring on January 9 at 02:12PM

Read the title arguments and fact that I just posted and hopefully that helps some.

PatriciaManring on January 9 at 02:51PM

It would be flawed argument because for example... My daughter's name is Anthony. Most people assume Anthony is a male name although one must not assume because any gender can be named Anthony, it is not common but in fact rare for a female to be named an assumed male name.