February 1995 LSAT Section 4 Question 12

Conservative: Socialists begin their arguments with an analysis of history, from which they claim to derive certain t...

KatrinaMusa on May 18, 2020

Explanation

Could you please explain the correct answer choice? I have seen this question before and have not been able to understand the question itself or the correct answer. Thank you!

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Kweb1016 on April 12, 2021

Could someone tell me what type of question stem this is?

Emil-Kunkin on June 23 at 10:46PM

This is an agreement/disagreement question, albeit a pretty weird one where instead of being asked exactly what they would disagree on, we are asked which answer choice if added to the C argument would force them to disagree.

E would force them to disagree. The conservative says that history is through accident and contingency, while the socialist argues that it is possible to change history through struggle. E confirms that these two things are mutually incompatible.