伊丽莎白·考克斯（ Elizabeth Cox）: 你能智胜大学招生的谬论吗？—— 伊丽莎白·考克斯

你能智胜大学招生的谬论吗？—— 伊丽莎白·考克斯

1990 年，一位学生对弗吉尼亚军事学院排除女性的招生政策提出了投诉。弗吉尼亚州州政府认为，弗吉尼亚军事学院的单一性别教育是一个 "重要的政府目标"，而将女性排除在弗吉尼亚军事学院之外是实现这一目标的关键。你能发现这个论点的问题吗？伊丽莎白·考克斯探讨了循环推理的谬误。[导演：TOGETHER，讲述者：Jack Cutmore-Scott]。

Arguments that rely on their own conclusions, like Virginia Military Institute’s defense of single-sex education, fall into the trap of circular reasoning. In 1990, a prospective student challenged VMI’s exclusion of women, prompting a legal battle that reached the Supreme Court. The state's justification—that single-sex education is necessary because it serves the goal of single-sex education—was ultimately rejected as logically empty. The case highlights how familiar assumptions can mask flawed logic, even in the highest courts.