LSAT 13 – Section 4 – Question 19
LSAT 13 - Section 4 - Question 19
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Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
Curve | Question Difficulty |
Psg/Game/S Difficulty |
Explanation |
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| PT13 S4 Q19 |
+LR
| Weaken +Weak | A
2%
157
B
6%
164
C
7%
166
D
85%
168
E
1%
154
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121 139 156 |
+Easier | 145.536 +SubsectionMedium |
Here we have a weakening question, as the stem asks us: The charge made above against alternative medicine is most seriously weakened if it is true that
The question begins with the claim that orthodox medicine is ineffective at both ends of the spectrum of ailments. Orthodox in this context just means ‘standard’. This claim is elaborated with the details that orthodox medicine is bad at dealing with both minor discomfort and serious life-threatening illnesses. So standard medical practice can’t do much for your toothache or your tumor, if your problem is mild they can’t treat symptoms and if it’s severe they can’t cure it. For this reason, people turn to alternative medicine because orthodox medicine fails them or produces unwanted side effects. But alternative medicine has less unwanted side effects partly because it doesn’t have any effects at all. Doesn’t sound like it’s going to do any better of a job! Our task is to weaken this conclusion that alternative medicine doesn’t have any positive or negative effects. Let’s see our answer choices:
Answer Choice (A) This doesn’t have anything to do with effects.
Answer Choice (B) So they have different ideas about medicine, I think we could have gotten that from the ‘alternative’ part.
Answer Choice (C) That’s nice for the patient and could maybe be construed as an effect (though only for the subset whom orthodox medicine couldn’t cure), but this is a much weaker answer than D.
Correct Answer Choice (D) This suggests that alternative medicine can have side effects!
Answer Choice (E) Our job is to weaken the conclusion that alternative medicine has no side effects, we don’t care about orthodox medicine’s effects!
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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
- Question 26
Section 3 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
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- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
- Passage 4 – Questions
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