Critical Reasoning

Source: Veritas Prep CR2

35. Many professional economists describe economics as a science. Sciences, however, are by definition non-normative: they describe but they do not prescribe. Yet economists are often called on to recommend a course of action for governments and financial institutions. Therefore, since econo-mists play a prescriptive role in society, economics should not be thought of as science.

The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argument...

A: treats closely related aspects of a discipline as separate and distinct from each other.
B: attacks the proponents of a claim rather than addressing the merits of the claim itself.
C: insists on a change in terminology when that change would have no practical consequences.
D: fails to recognize the significance of the distinction between a discipline and the people who Work within that discipline.
E: overlooks the necessity of divisions of labor within society.

OA: D

I think D.

YellowSapphire wrote:Source: Veritas Prep CR2

35. Many professional economists describe economics as a science. Sciences, however, are by definition non-normative: they describe but they do not prescribe. Yet economists are often called on to recommend a course of action for governments and financial institutions. Therefore, since econo-mists play a prescriptive role in society, economics should not be thought of as science.

The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argument...

A: treats closely related aspects of a discipline as separate and distinct from each other.
B: attacks the proponents of a claim rather than addressing the merits of the claim itself.
C: insists on a change in terminology when that change would have no practical consequences.
D: fails to recognize the significance of the distinction between a discipline and the people who Work within that discipline.
E: overlooks the necessity of divisions of labor within society.

my pick D
conclusion:since econo-mists play a prescriptive role in society, economics should not be thought of as science.
hence....fails to recognize the significance of the distinction between a discipline and the people who Work within that discipline.

I got it.

I got it but with timing of 1:27
Is it ok...

After reading all options....i thought....if there were no relevance the question writer would not have said...economist do this...do this (in person)
so i thought D was it...
and indeed it was...