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The philosopher concludes that it’s untrue that most university students today have no interest in philosophical issues. Her premise is that university students who attend her talks are deeply interested in philosophical issues.
This is the cookie-cutter flaw of basing a conclusion about a group on information from an unrepresentative sample. Students attending a philosopher’s talk are likely to be interested in philosophical issues! That doesn’t tell us much about the broader student body’s interest levels.
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