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Flaw Question-- calling all folks who are a beast at LR:) HELP?
I understand that the answer is C but I want to make sure that I'm breaking down the argument correctly:
*Best way to understand --> Direct Empathy (that's what some psychologists claim, and we're supposing they're right)
*/Direct Empathy ("since it's impossible to gain a direct and complete grasp of another person's motivations" aka Direct Empathy-- I believe this is what the author takes as the truth)
THUS, no way at all to understand (already problem here, it should have been THUS, "no best way to understand" rather than "no way at all to understand")
But that's not even the main conclusion...
*Understand ("One can understand other people"-- again, this is what the author takes as the truth)
THUS, the psychologists' claim is wrong-- it's wrong to state that (best way to understand --> Direct Empathy)
However, I'd like to go deeper into this question and modify it-- what if the author correctly said it was "best way to understand" as opposed to "no way at all to understand"-- would the argument be valid then??
*Best way to understand --> Direct Empathy (that's what some psychologists claim, and we're supposing they're right)
*/Direct Empathy ("since it's impossible to gain a direct and complete grasp of another person's motivations" aka Direct Empathy-- I believe this is what the author takes as the truth)
THUS, there's no best way to understand
*Best way to understand (my modified premise-- "But there is a best way to understand people")
THUS, the psychologists' claim is wrong-- it's wrong to state that (best way to understand -> Direct Empathy)
In this case, is the argument's conclusion valid? It's TRUE that the psychologists' claim is wrong because ultimately what we have is... we know it's true that /Direct Empathy & there is best way to understand ... so we can't validly get to "Best way to understand --> Direct Empathy"
(Am I thinking correctly? lol)
https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-34-section-2-question-11/