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The Flaw: Failure to Properly Negate a Conditional
This argument attempts to negate an all claim, but provides a bad counterexample to do so.
To negate the claim “whoever likes potatoes also likes turnips,” the counterexample we want is someone who does like potatoes but does not like turnips.
But the stimulus gets it wrong – it provides an example of someone who does not like potatoes and does like turnips.
Here’s a template for the answer choices:
[Example] is A and not B.
________
So is it not true that all Bs are As.
Analysis by MichaelWright
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a
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