PT19.S2.Q17 - people cannot devote themselves

_kizilbash_kizilbash Member
edited January 2018 in Logical Reasoning 62 karma

PT19. S2. Q17
Hi everyone, I'm having trouble with this one. Here is how I diagrammed it.
premise1) devote to study natural process---- have leisure
premise 2) resources plentiful --- have leisure <------ note: i originally diagrammed premise 2 as the reverse of this statement but since it says "when" in premise 2 which introduces a sufficient assumption I changed it.
premise 3 + 4) early societies made complex discoveries - result of active study of natural process

I thought the answer was A) but its C. I thought it was A because when you combine premise 1 and 2 it creates a some statement between the two which I thought would be correct.

Can someone explain to me where I am going wrong.

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  • akistotleakistotle Member ⭐ 🍌🍌
    9377 karma

    :warning: You cannot post an actual LSAT question. Please edit the original post. :warning:
    7Sage forum rule: https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/15/forum-rules

    Please post the PT number and the section number when you post a question :smile: !

  • akistotleakistotle Member ⭐ 🍌🍌
    edited January 2018 9377 karma

    That being said, I know this is from PT19. S2. Q17
    https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-19-section-2-question-17/

    [Context]
    ・study of natural processes —> leisure
    ・resources are plentiful —> leisure
    ・resources are scarce —> /leisure

    ・study of natural processes —> leisure —> /(resources are scarce)

    [Other People’s Argument]
    Some anthropologists: the agriculture began under conditions of drought and hunger (= lacking resources)

    [Author’s View (Counterargument)]
    P: the early society that domesticated plants —> discoveries of how plants reproduced themselves and grew to maturity —> study of natural processes
    ———————
    C: ＿＿＿＿＿＿

    (C): the agriculture began in societies with resources

    This is a very cookie-cutter LSAT stimulus where the author counterargues other people's argument.

  • akistotleakistotle Member ⭐ 🍌🍌
    9377 karma

    (A) is wrong because combining the two statements

    ・study of natural processes —> leisure
    ・resources are plentiful —> leisure

    does not lead to

    resources are plentiful —> some study of natural processes

  • _kizilbash_kizilbash Member
    62 karma

    thanks for the response!

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