LSAT 110 – Section 2 – Question 14

LSAT 110 - Section 2 - Question 14

June 2001

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PT110 S2 Q14
+LR
Strengthen +Streng
Rule-Application +RuleApp
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
11%
165
B
4%
158
C
77%
167
D
7%
161
E
1%
157
134
149
164
 +Medium 145.606 +SubsectionMedium

Some people claim that every human discovery or invention is an instance of self-expression. But what they seem to ignore is that, trivially, anything we do is self-expressive. So, until they can give us a more interesting interpretation of their claim, we are not obliged to take their claim seriously.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes people who say every discovery or invention is a form of self-expression shouldn’t be taken seriously unless they make their interpretation more interesting. Why not? Because everything a person does is somewhat self-expressive.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes people who say all discovery and invention is self-expression allow everything to count as self-expression. In addition, he assumes a claim about self-expression should only be taken seriously if it means denying that some things are self-expressive.

A
All claims that are trivial are uninteresting.
This doesn’t affect the argument. It implies the claim about self-expression is both trivial and uninteresting, but does nothing to establish that a trivial, uninteresting claim shouldn’t be taken seriously.
B
Most people do not take trivial claims seriously.
This is irrelevant. It doesn’t matter how many people do take the claim seriously—only whether people should take it seriously.
C
No claims that are trivial are worthy of serious consideration.
This makes concrete a key assumption: that a claim about self-expression shouldn’t be taken seriously if it allows everything to be self-expressive and is therefore trivial.
D
Every claim is open to both interesting and uninteresting interpretations.
This doesn’t support the assertion that a more interesting interpretation is required. The author may consider the interpretation provided interesting, but not interesting enough.
E
Every interpretation is either trivial or uninteresting.
If anything, this weakens the argument. It suggests the author asks the impossible by demanding those who claim discovery and invention are instances of self-expression craft an interpretation that is both not trivial and more interesting.

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