伊麗莎白‧考克斯: 你能智勝這個大學招生的謬論嗎？

你能智勝這個大學招生的謬論嗎？

現在是1990年，一名新生控訴維吉尼亞軍校排除女性的招生政策。該州主張維吉尼亞軍校的單一性別教育是「重要的政府目標」，而不讓女性進入維吉尼亞軍校是對於達成該目標的必要條件。你能指出這個論點有什麼問題嗎？伊麗莎白‧考克斯要帶大家來探討循環論證謬誤。

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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.