Flawed ReasoningDiff: Medium

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Passage Summary: An art student claims that because a specific painter's work makes people feel strong emotions, and great art always does that, the painter's work must be great.

Conclusion: Ezekiel Reilly’s art is definitely great.

Reasoning: Great art always causes passionate reactions in viewers, and Reilly’s work is known to cause intense emotional responses.

Analysis: This argument suffers from a classic 'mistaken reversal' of a conditional statement. The student establishes that being great is a sufficient condition for evoking passion, but then treats evoking passion as a sufficient condition for being great. It's like saying every professional athlete is in good shape, so every person in good shape must be a professional athlete. Look for an answer choice that points out the author confuses a necessary condition for a sufficient one.

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Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the argument's reasoning?

Correct Answer
B
It correctly states the flaw: the argument treats a necessary condition for being a great work (evoking passionate responses) as if it were sufficient to establish greatness.
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