Parallel ReasoningDiff: Hardest
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Someone is arguing that just because the government doesn't pay for your art doesn't mean they're banning it. They try to prove this by showing how silly the claim sounds when you flip the logic around.
Conclusion: The idea that the government prohibits any art it refuses to fund is nonsensical.
Reasoning: The author argues that the original claim is logically equivalent to saying that art is only permitted if it receives a government subsidy, which is an obviously false rephrasing.
Analysis: The argument functions by taking a conditional statement (If no support, then not allowed) and showing its contrapositive (If allowed, then support) to highlight its absurdity. To find a match, we need an argument that rejects a claim by rephrasing it into an equivalent but more obviously ridiculous form. Focus on the logical structure of 'A implies B' being equated to 'Not B implies Not A.' This is a structural match task, so ignore the topic and follow the 'if-then' flow.
Conclusion: The idea that the government prohibits any art it refuses to fund is nonsensical.
Reasoning: The author argues that the original claim is logically equivalent to saying that art is only permitted if it receives a government subsidy, which is an obviously false rephrasing.
Analysis: The argument functions by taking a conditional statement (If no support, then not allowed) and showing its contrapositive (If allowed, then support) to highlight its absurdity. To find a match, we need an argument that rejects a claim by rephrasing it into an equivalent but more obviously ridiculous form. Focus on the logical structure of 'A implies B' being equated to 'Not B implies Not A.' This is a structural match task, so ignore the topic and follow the 'if-then' flow.
Passage Stimulus
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Unlock Full Passage22.The pattern of reasoning in which one of the following is most similar to that in the argument above?
Correct Answer
A
It starts with “not arrested -> did not break the law” and rewords it as “breaks the law -> gets arrested,” which is the logically equivalent contrapositive. That mirrors the stimulus’s tactic of rephrasing the same conditional to expose its absurd implications.
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