LSAT 133 – Section 3 – Question 19

LSAT 133 - Section 3 - Question 19

June 2011

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT133 S3 Q19	+LR	Method of reasoning or descriptive +Method Analogy +An	A 13% 159 B 1% 154 C 75% 164 D 2% 155 E 10% 159	138 150 162	+Medium	147.69 +SubsectionMedium

Professor: One cannot frame an accurate conception of one’s physical environment on the basis of a single momentary perception, since each such glimpse occurs from only one particular perspective. Similarly, any history book gives only a distorted view of the past, since it reflects the biases and prejudices of its author.

Summarize Argument

The professor concludes that any single history book gives a distorted view of the past, because it reflects its author's biases. She supports this with an analogy, saying that, similarly, you can't form an accurate view of your physical surroundings based on just one momentary glimpse, since each glimpse comes from a single perspective.

Describe Method of Reasoning

The professor supports her conclusion by using an analogy to show that her argument is relevantly similar to another compelling argument. By appealing to an analogous and compelling argument, the professor suggests that her argument is also compelling.

attempting to show that one piece of reasoning is incorrect by comparing it with another, presumably flawed, piece of reasoning

The professor attempts to show that one argument— that a history book distorts the past due to the author's biases— is correct by analogizing it with another, presumably reasonable, argument— that you can't get an accurate view of your surroundings from just one brief glimpse.

developing a case for one particular conclusion by arguing that if that conclusion were false, absurd consequences would follow

The professor doesn’t suggest that absurd consequences would follow if her conclusion were false. Instead, she analogizes her argument with a similar, strong argument to suggest that her argument is also strong.

making a case for the conclusion of one argument by showing that argument’s resemblance to another, presumably cogent, argument

The professor supports her argument by using an analogy to appeal to another, presumably compelling argument. By appealing to an analogous and strong argument, the professor suggests that her argument is also strong.

arguing that because something has a certain group of characteristics, it must also have another, closely related, characteristic

The professor simply doesn’t make this argument. Instead, she uses an analogy to support her conclusion by appealing to a similar and strong argument.

arguing that a type of human cognition is unreliable in one instance because it has been shown to be unreliable under similar circumstances

The author does implicitly suggest that a single history book is an unreliable source because it reflects a biased human perspective. However, a history book is not “a type of human cognition.” It might reflect human cognition, but it isn’t itself a type of human cognition.

LSAT 133 – Section 3 – Question 19

LSAT 133 - Section 3 - Question 19

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