LSAT 153 – Section 3 – Question 19

LSAT 153 - Section 3 - Question 19

June 2019

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT153 S3 Q19	+LR	Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw Lack of Support v. False Conclusion +LSvFC Analogy +An	A 1% 156 B 4% 156 C 6% 154 D 79% 163 E 10% 154	142 150 158	+Medium	146.755 +SubsectionMedium

Most movie critics believe that sentimentality detracts from aesthetic value. But these critics are wrong, since the reason they hold this belief is that sentimentality pervades so many movies that its absence makes a movie more interesting to frequent movie-goers like themselves. It is like someone whose food is usually prepared with a certain type of flavoring concluding that the flavoring itself detracts from the quality of the food.

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The author concludes that sentimentality does not detract from aesthetic value. This is based on the fact that critics who claim that it does detract from aesthetic value hold that belief because absence of sentimentality is more interesting to people who watch a lot of movies.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author assumes that the reason critics hold their belief constitutes evidence that the belief is wrong. This is flawed, because the reason the critics hold their belief doesn’t have anything to do with whether sentimentality does or does not detract from aesthetic value.

is based solely on an inappropriate appeal to authority

The author doesn’t argue that we should reject the critics’ claim because some authority also rejects the claim.

rejects a position merely on the grounds that someone who argues for it has an ulterior motive

The author comments on how the critics came to hold their belief. This is not a comment on any “ulterior motive.” There’s a difference between the origin of a belief and the motivation someone has in advocating for the belief.

takes a necessary condition for a movie’s being of high aesthetic value to be a sufficient condition for this

The argument doesn’t use conditional reasoning, so there isn’t a confusion of sufficient and necessary conditions.

concludes that a view is false merely on the grounds of how people came to believe it

The author rejects the critics’ view merely on the grounds of how the critics came to believe that sentimentality detracts from aesthetic value.

takes what is sufficient for diminishing the quality of a work to be necessary for doing so

The argument doesn’t use conditional reasoning, so there isn’t a confusion of sufficient and necessary conditions.

LSAT 153 – Section 3 – Question 19

LSAT 153 - Section 3 - Question 19

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LSAT PrepTest 153 Explanations

Section 1 - Reading Comprehension

Section 2 - Logical Reasoning

Section 3 - Logical Reasoning

Section 4 - Reading Comprehension

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