Flawed Parallel ReasoningDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: This guy thinks he can't buy a single painting from a famous collection just because the whole collection is worth a fortune.
Conclusion: MacNeil cannot afford any individual piece of art from the Vidmar collection.
Reasoning: The Vidmar collection as a whole is one of the most valuable privately owned art collections ever assembled.
Analysis: This is a textbook 'Fallacy of Division,' where someone assumes that what is true of a whole group must also be true of every individual part. Just because a collection is worth millions doesn't mean there isn't a single affordable sketch or minor work within it. To find the parallel, look for an argument that takes a general characteristic of a group (like being expensive, heavy, or fast) and incorrectly applies it to every single member of that group.
Conclusion: MacNeil cannot afford any individual piece of art from the Vidmar collection.
Reasoning: The Vidmar collection as a whole is one of the most valuable privately owned art collections ever assembled.
Analysis: This is a textbook 'Fallacy of Division,' where someone assumes that what is true of a whole group must also be true of every individual part. Just because a collection is worth millions doesn't mean there isn't a single affordable sketch or minor work within it. To find the parallel, look for an argument that takes a general characteristic of a group (like being expensive, heavy, or fast) and incorrectly applies it to every single member of that group.
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Unlock Full Passage7.The flawed pattern of reasoning in which one of the following is most closely parallel to that in MacNeil's argument?
Correct Answer
C
“This paragraph is long. So the sentences that comprise it are long.” This mirrors the whole-to-part mistake: inferring each part shares the whole’s property.
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