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Sociologist: Conclusion The claim that there is a large number of violent crimes in our society is false, for Support this claim is based upon the large number of stories in newspapers about violent crimes. ███ █████ ███████ ██████ ███ ████ ████ ████████████ ██████████ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ███████ █████ █████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The sociologist concludes that it is false that there is a large number of violent crimes. The sociologist supports this conclusion by proposing an alternative explanation for the large number of newspaper stories about violent crimes: because violent crimes are rare, newspapers are more likely to print stories about them when they happen.
Identify and Describe Flaw
This is a cookie-cutter “circular reasoning” flaw, where to support the conclusion, the argument uses a premise that already assumes the conclusion is true. Specifically, the sociologist claims as a premise that violent crime is rare, in order to provide support to the conclusion that violent crime is rare.
Analysis by AlexandraNash
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The sociologist's argument is flawed ███████ ██
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presupposes that most █████████ ███████ ███ █████ ███████ █████
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presupposes the truth ██ ███ ██████████ ██ ██ ██████████ ██ █████████
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assumes without warrant ████ ███ █████████ ███████ ██ ████████ ███ ███ ██████
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mistakes a property ██ ████ ██████ ██ █ █████ █████ ██ ██ ██████████ ███ █ ████████ ██ ███ █████ █████ ██ █ █████
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