PT155.S4.Q22

PrepTest 155 - Section 4 - Question 22

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Method of Reasoning

This argument applies a description of a whole system (the universe) to a specific part of that system (Earth’s biosphere), reasoning that what’s true of the whole must also be true of one of its parts.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This is a cookie-cutter example of a whole-to-part fallacy. The argument assumes that because a whole (the universe) has a particular trait (entropic), a part of that whole (Earth’s biosphere) must also have that trait. But just because an overall system behaves one way doesn’t mean that every one of its pieces behave the same way.

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22.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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