CLAT Critical Reasoning — practice questions
22 free MCQs with worked solutions. Tap any question for the answer + explanation, or practice them all in the app.
Practice CLAT Critical Reasoning in the app →A tutor tells her class that reason is the tool of philosophy, and that one field studies reason itself. That In philosophy, to argue simply means to offer a set of reasons in support of a:Each individual claim offered in support of that conclusion is called a:Three kinds of inference are named. Along with deductive and inductive, the third is:A deductive inference whose structure guarantees a true conclusion from true premises is called:Deductive inferences can guarantee truth because they focus on the argument's:Inductive inference goes beyond the information in the premises, so its conclusions are at best:To test either kind of inference, philosophers begin by provisionally assuming that the premises are:A valid form using a conditional, affirming its antecedent to get the consequent, is called:Another valid form denies the consequent to deny the antecedent. That form is:Given either X or Y, and not X, we conclude Y. That common form is a:A debater ignores the argument and attacks the character of the person making it. That fallacy is:The most successful version of that attack replies that the opponent does the same thing. Its Latin name is:An arguer insists there are only two possible options when more exist. That fallacy is a false:An arguer assumes the very conclusion he is trying to prove. That fallacy is:An arguer ignores the opponent's position completely and changes the subject. That fallacy is a:The whole point of that move is that the arguer diverts the attention of the:Two events happen together, so a speaker declares one caused the other. That fallacy is:An advertisement leans on fear or pity rather than reasons. That fallacy is an appeal to:A philosopher notes that dialectics rely on logic and reason, while popular debates often use rhetorical:Someone answers a philosophical claim by producing a case showing that the answer is wrong. That case is a:A book club eats breakfast at one restaurant weekly and judges its dinners from that. Their evidence is a bias