PrepTest 79, Section 2, Question 15
A popular book argues that people who are successful in business have, without exception, benefited from a lot of luck on their way to success. But this is ridiculous. Anyone who has studied successful people knows that success requires a lot of hard work.
A popular book argues that people who are successful in business have, without exception, benefited from a lot of luck on their way to success. But this is ridiculous. Anyone who has studied successful people knows that success requires a lot of hard work.
A popular book argues that people who are successful in business have, without exception, benefited from a lot of luck on their way to success. But this is ridiculous. Anyone who has studied successful people knows that success requires a lot of hard work.
A popular book argues that people who are successful in business have, without exception, benefited from a lot of luck on their way to success. But this is ridiculous. Anyone who has studied successful people knows that success requires a lot of hard work.
The argument commits which one of the following errors of reasoning?
It mistakes the claim that something is required for a purpose for the claim that it is sufficient for that purpose.
It accepts a view as authoritative without establishing the authority of the source of the view.
It takes for granted in a premise what it is trying to prove in its conclusion.
It treats an effect of something as the cause of that thing.
It attacks the source of an argument rather than attacking the substance of that argument.
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