Critical Reasoning

komal wrote:Although parapsychology is often considered a pseudoscience, it is in fact a genuine scientific enterprise, for it uses scientific methods such as controlled experiments and statistical tests of clearly stated hypotheses to examine the questions it raises.

The conclusion above is properly drawn if which of the following is assumed?

(A) If a field of study can conclusively answer the questions it raises, then it is a genuine science.
a strong deceptive choice. its incorrect bcoz stimulus says examine the questions and not answering the questions.its a shift of scope type choice

(8) Since parapsychology uses scientific methods, it will produce credible results.
it will produce credible results.this part is overassumption and is way out of the stimulus

(e) Any enterprise that does not use controlled experiments and statistical tests is not genuine science.
controlled experiments and statistical tests are mere ex of scientific methods.....used by stimulus...therefore incorrect
(D) Any field of study that employs scientific methods is a genuine scientific enterprise.

(E) Since parapsychology raises clearly statable questions, they can be tested in controlled experiments
out of scope

hence by poe its D

thephoenix wrote:

komal wrote:Although parapsychology is often considered a pseudoscience, it is in fact a genuine scientific enterprise, for it uses scientific methods such as controlled experiments and statistical tests of clearly stated hypotheses to examine the questions it raises.

The conclusion above is properly drawn if which of the following is assumed?

(A) If a field of study can conclusively answer the questions it raises, then it is a genuine science.
a strong deceptive choice. its incorrect bcoz stimulus says examine the questions and not answering the questions.its a shift of scope type choice

(8) Since parapsychology uses scientific methods, it will produce credible results.
it will produce credible results.this part is overassumption and is way out of the stimulus

(e) Any enterprise that does not use controlled experiments and statistical tests is not genuine science.
controlled experiments and statistical tests are mere ex of scientific methods.....used by stimulus...therefore incorrect
(D) Any field of study that employs scientific methods is a genuine scientific enterprise.

(E) Since parapsychology raises clearly statable questions, they can be tested in controlled experiments
out of scope

hence by poe its D

hultt wrote:Sorry to open old thread..but need to know why D is incorrect
D says>> Any field of study...
we are focusing here on parapsychology and is it a genuine scientific enterprise ?

if parapsychology adopts certain methods like controlled experiments then its scientific enterprise otherwise not...why option is generalizing it to any fields..

one condition true in parapsychology field may not be true in say astronomy. for astronomy to be genuine scientific enterprise, it needs to have controlled experiments + other conditions..hence i ruled out D due to out of scope.

Please correct my approach here.

Cumulonimbus wrote:Hi
Can anyone explain this by using negating technique.