LSAT 150 – Section 2 – Question 01

LSAT 150 - Section 2 - Question 01

June 2018

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT150 S2 Q01	+LR	Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw Sampling +Smpl	A 1% 151 B 98% 162 C 0% 146 D 0% 146 E 0% 153	120 126 134	+Easiest	145.632 +SubsectionMedium

Philosopher: I have been told that most university students today have no interest in philosophical issues, but I know from my own experience that this isn’t true. I often go to university campuses to give talks, and the students at my talks have a deep interest in philosophical issues.

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The philosopher concludes that it’s untrue that most university students today have no interest in philosophical issues. Her premise is that university students who attend her talks are deeply interested in philosophical issues.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This is the cookie-cutter flaw of basing a conclusion about a group on information from an unrepresentative sample. Students attending a philosopher’s talk are likely to be interested in philosophical issues! That doesn’t tell us much about the broader student body’s interest levels.

uses the term “interest” in two different ways when the argument requires that it be used consistently throughout

This is a cookie-cutter flaw, but it isn’t present in the philosopher’s argument. Here, the meaning of the term “interest” remains consistent throughout.

treats a group as representative of a larger group when there is reason to believe it is unrepresentative

This is the cookie-cutter flaw of basing a conclusion about a group on information from an unrepresentative sample. Students attending a philosopher’s talk are likely to be more interested in philosophical issues than are members of the broader student body!

appeals to the popularity of an academic field as evidence of the worth of that academic field

The philosopher’s argument doesn’t mention or depend on the worth of any academic field.

takes for granted that just because there is no evidence that interest in something is decreasing, it must be increasing

The philosopher doesn’t claim that interest in philosophical issues is increasing among university students.

takes for granted that it is good that university students have an interest in a certain subject just because the person making the argument has that interest

The philosopher doesn’t take for granted that university students have an interest in philosophical issues. She has observed this interest in the students who attend her talks.

LSAT 150 – Section 2 – Question 01

LSAT 150 - Section 2 - Question 01

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LSAT PrepTest 150 Explanations

Section 1 - Reading Comprehension

Section 2 - Logical Reasoning

Section 3 - Logical Reasoning

Section 4 - Reading Comprehension

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