Lesson: Challenging Critical/Logical Reasoning - 08t01

Reasoning Classics: The Causal Argument, continued

Let's look at the previous argument again, but this time try to identify the author's assumption. Type your answer into the Text Box, and then click Continue.

Assumption: Only the change to a wooden roller coaster could cause the decrease in attendance

Countinue

One of the underlying assumptions in causal arguments is that no other cause could have been responsible for the observed effect. In this argument, the officials assume that nothing else could have been responsible for the decrease in attendance. Is that assumption warranted?