PT 38, section 4 #21
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:42 pm
Why is D the correct answer? Thanks.
Because his argument is based only a few examples and doesn't definitely prove anything.
Formalized, his argument looks like this:
Premise: past democratic government <--s--> ended up with oppression
Premise: past non-demo government <--s--> lots of political freedom
Conclusion: Democracy does not promote political freedom
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If we simplified his argument into 'like' terms and condense the varibles, the logic is waaaay clearer to see:
P1: DemoGov <--s--> NOT PF
P2: NOT DemoGov <--s--> PF
THEREFORE: DemoGov does NOT promote PF
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So basically, this guy is saying 'hey look, I saw a bird with wings yesterday and it couldn't fly (musta been a chicken..) and then i looked up at the sky and saw a rocket flying and it didn't have wings. From this I must conclude that wings don't really help things to fly.'
And therefore D.