easy · LSAT Logical Reasoning
All great painters are highly disciplined. Since Elena is a great painter, she must be highly disciplined.
The argument proceeds by
- applying a universal claim about a category to one individual who falls within it.
- inferring that discipline is the only prerequisite needed to become a great painter.
- generalizing from an unrepresentative selection of a few painters to all of them.
- criticizing those painters who lack the very discipline the conclusion describes.
- treating Elena's discipline as a sufficient guarantee that she counts as a great painter.
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