The philosophy department secretary duplicated 100 copies of a philosophy
assignment this week and entrusted them to the teaching assistants. Yet the
last few students to leave class on Wednesday found that all the homework
sheets had already been taken. Because only 81 students have registered for
the class this term, it must be the case that the teaching assistants cannot be
trusted to carry a handful of papers across campus without losing some of them.
1. What is the IQ that is motivating the reasoning that is presented in this
passage?
2. What is the conclusion that the author comes to in this passage?
3. What support for this conclusion is presented in this passage?
4. List two serious rivals to the conclusion.