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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:02 AM
Author: ..,.,...,..,..,.,.,:,,:,...,:;:,..,:,.,.:..,.
Criminologist: The main purpose of most criminal
organizations is to generate profits. The ongoing
revolutions in biotechnology and information
technology promise to generate enormous profits.
Therefore, criminal organizations will undoubtedly
try to become increasingly involved in these areas.
The conclusion of the criminologist’s argument is
properly inferred if which one of the following is
assumed?
(A)
If an organization tries to become increasingly
involved in areas that promise to generate enormous
profits, then the main purpose of that organization is
to generate profits.
(B)
At least some criminal organizations are or will
at some point become aware that the ongoing
revolutions in biotechnology and information
technology promise to generate enormous profits.
(C)
Criminal organizations are already heavily involved
in every activity that promises to generate enormous
profits.
(D)
Any organization whose main purpose is to generate
profits will try to become increasingly involved
in any technological revolution that promises to
generate enormous profits.
(E)
Most criminal organizations are willing to become
involved in legal activities if those activities are
sufficiently profitable.
SPOILER
The correct answer is the first letter of the animal considered to be man's best friend.
This answer is NOT SUFFICIENT to allow the conclusion to be "properly inferred", UNLESS we interpret the conclusion -- "criminal organizations will undoubtedly ..." as meaning "some" or "most" criminal organizations and NOT "all". This is because the first premise tells us only that "most" criminal organizations are into getting profits. So even if you add the correct answer to the argument, the strongest conclusion you could make is that "Most criminal organizations will try to get increasingly involved..."
But here, if the conclusion is supposed to be a claim about "criminal organizations" in the sense of "each criminal organization", then the conclusion is NOT properly inferred by adding the assumption in the correct answer. The correct answer is only sufficient if we interpret "criminal organizations" as meaning "some" or "most". Can someone tell me if I have something wrong here?
"As are B." I would normally interpret that as saying every A is a B. But I grant that, in some contexts, that might mean more generally, "There are As that are B." How the hell are we supposed to distinguish the two meanings? Is there some rule of the English language?
"Dinosaurs are extinct." Does that mean all dinos, or just some/most?
"Football players with 1 year of experience in NFL are used to taking hits." Does that mean all football players with 1 year of experience in the NFL or jsut some/most of them?
"Criminal organizations will try to become increasingly involved in tech revolutions." Does that mean all crim orgs or just some/most? What distinguishes this last example from the first two?
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558689&forum_id=2#32872741) |
Date: March 20th, 2017 11:12 AM
Author: ..,.,...,..,..,.,.,:,,:,...,:;:,..,:,.,.:..,.
twin and other lsat masters, pls halp
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558689&forum_id=2#32872826) |
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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:36 AM Author: Main Force Patrol (“Tony, sit down. We need to talk.”)
Your analogy is off the mark. To put your examples into the same form as (D), they should read as follows:
"Anyone who is a jew is stingy"
"Any animal that is a dog is cute"
By beginning with with the all encompassing phrase "Any organization," (D) unequivocally is ascribing a characteristic to the group consisting of "organization[s] whose main purpose is to generate
profits."
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558689&forum_id=2#32872961) |
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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:37 AM
Author: ..,.,...,..,..,.,.,:,,:,...,:;:,..,:,.,.:..,.
no, he was analogizing to the conclusion, not the answer choice
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558689&forum_id=2#32872969) |
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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:42 AM
Author: ..,.,...,..,..,.,.,:,,:,...,:;:,..,:,.,.:..,.
do you see the point of the OP now?
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558689&forum_id=2#32872991) |
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Date: March 20th, 2017 11:36 AM
Author: ..,.,...,..,..,.,.,:,,:,...,:;:,..,:,.,.:..,.
exactly -- the right answer in this problem actually requires that understanding of "criminal organizations will try to ...." otherwise the answer couldn't be sufficient to prove that conclusion. the premises + the correct answer would only support a conclusion of "most criminal organizations will try to...". They are not sufficient to prove "ALL criminal organizations will try to ..."
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558689&forum_id=2#32872962) |
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Date: March 20th, 2017 1:39 PM
Author: ''"'''"'''"'
but in other contexts, "As are B" means "All As are B." what distinguishes the meanings?
"Dinosaurs are extinct." No one would interpret this as saying "at least some dinosaurs are extinct", because this sentence applies to the entire category "dinosaurs" and every dinosaur in tthat category. if someone proved that there was a dinosaur that did not go extinct, people would say it's not true that "dinosaurs are extinct."
what distinguishes this example from the example in the criminal organization problem?
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558689&forum_id=2#32873878)
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Date: March 20th, 2017 4:38 PM
Author: ''"'''"'''"'
"Football players with over 10 years of experience in the NFL are used to taking hits."
would you interpret that as applying to all football players with over 10 years of xp in the NFL, or "some" but not necessarily all?
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558689&forum_id=2#32875152)
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Date: March 20th, 2017 2:47 PM Author: CapTTTainFalcon
This is a lot easier than the other one you'd poasted.
My mind is mush, and I arrive at correct answers through process of elimination and a vague recollection of question groupings. I'm convinced that 175-180 scorers have an extremely strong grasp of formal logic.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558689&forum_id=2#32874323) |
Date: March 20th, 2017 5:16 PM Author: twins
Once again, just reduce the prompt to a series of premises and then evaluate the answers to see which one fills out a classic Aristotlean syllogism.
This is not a hard one.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3558689&forum_id=2#32875480) |
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