Self-study
Lawyer: Did Congleton assign the best available graphic artist to the project.
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Summarize Argument
The lawyer’s implicit conclusion is that the witness lied when he said that Congleton wanted the project to fail. This is based on the fact that everyone Congleton assigned to the project was excellent.
Identify and Describe Flaw
The author overlooks the possibility that Congleton did not know that the people assigned were excellent.
The author overlooks the possibility that Congleton may have wanted the project to fail despite assigning only excellent people to it.
The author assumes that Congleton had the ability to choose other people for the project.
The author assumes that the witness believed Congleton did not want the project to fail when the witness said that Congleton did want the project to fail.
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If Congleton had been forced to assign those people to the project, that shows we cannot infer anything about Congleton’s state of mind or purpose from that assignment. So, (A) must be assumed.
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Whether the project actually can or will fail is irrelevant. The argument concerns only whether Congleton wanted the project to fail and whether her hiring decisions indicate that desire.
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If Congleton knew that the people assigned wouldn’t work well together, that could show how she could have thought her assignments would not produce good results, despite the individual excellence of each employee.
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If this possibility were true, then the witness was not necessarily lying when he said what he said about Congleton. So, this possibility would undermine the argument.
e
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If this possibility were true, this shows how she could have thought her assignments would not produce good results, despite the individual excellence of each employee.