LSAT 14 – Section 2 – Question 12
LSAT 14 - Section 2 - Question 12
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Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
Curve | Question Difficulty |
Psg/Game/S Difficulty |
Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT14 S2 Q12 |
+LR
| Weaken +Weak | A
70%
166
B
2%
155
C
15%
161
D
2%
154
E
12%
161
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144 155 166 |
+Harder | 148.522 +SubsectionMedium |
This is a weakening question, indicated by: Which one of the following, if true, undermines the conclusion concerning words for colors?
The stimulus begins with the fact that many languages have distinct words for the brother of your mother and the brother of your father, while in English both are referred to as “uncle”. The next sentence concludes that this is evidence of a more finely discriminated kinship system than that of English speakers. Basically, those cultures care more about the minutia of family than English-speaking cultures. We then get another premise, informing us that basic words for colors vary between languages, followed by another conclusion that speakers of languages with fewer words for color must be unable to distinguish as many colors as speakers of English. What a bad argument! The reasoning however is pretty clear; both arguments infer that a difference in language reflects a difference in reality. We’re specifically told which of the conclusion we are to weaken in the question stem, so we should look for an answer choice which would make the color conclusion significantly less likely to be true. Let’s see our options:
Correct Answer Choice (A) This gives us a case where one group is able to distinguish colors but only has one word, directly weakening the argument’s reasoning that number of words and distinguished colors are one to one.
Answer Choice (B) This is completely consistent with the conclusion being true.
Answer Choice (C) This seems to suggest they do distinguish colors differently from English speakers; while unripe bananas are green, I haven’t seen many blue leaves!
Answer Choice (D) This adds nothing.
Answer Choice (E) This is completely consistent with the conclusion being true.
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LSAT PrepTest 14 Explanations
Section 1 - Logic Games
Section 2 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
Section 3 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
- Passage 2 – Passage
- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
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