Could someone help me with the conclusion.

foxtrot96

https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-35-section-1-question-02/

As for this question, could someone please break down the argument structure for me? i'm slightly confused with the 2 sentences that both look like possible conclusions.

Alex

@foxtrot96

The first sentence looks to be just context. The second sentence "So we conclude it to be universally true" is the main conclusion and where the actual important part of the argument begins.

Basically the argument is saying that if we have tested a generalization many times, but it hasn't been conclusively verified, and it has not been falsified, then we can consider it a scientific law.

foxtrot96

oh thank you so much. now that i read it carefully i realised that the first sentence you mentioned was the main conclusion is infact the conclusion of the scientist and not of the author. and the second sentence that it is correctly regarded as a scientific law of the author.