June 2020 LSAT Section 4 Question 25

In the final paragraph, the assertion that software programs constitute the expression of ideas in the form of specif...

Phillip-DuVentre on June 5, 2022

What makes E wrong?

Given this, would that mean the opposing view would reject this particular point? If not, why is E wrong? Also, how is the right answer not merely a stated fact since it doesn't give any extreme opinions or further elaborate? How is that the author's rationale and not something the opposing view may accept?

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Emil-Kunkin on June 18, 2022

Hi Phillip,

This is essentially an argument structure question. We are being asked why the author included a certain statement. The statement in question is a premise in the author's argument that patents should not be granted. For (E) to be correct, the statement would be something that the author was granting they agreed with their opponent on. However, the statement in question is actually an argument against those opponents.

I agree that the authors opponents would reject the statement in question- they think that a program is an expression of general principles, not akin to words on a page. Thus, this would be a point of conflict, not consensus.