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February 1992 LSAT Section 1 Question 24

If a society encourages freedom of thought and expression, then, during the time when it does so, creativity will flo...

RileyDelRey on September 23, 2022

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Can you please elaborate on why A-D are incorrect and why E is correct?

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Emil-Kunkin on November 16, 2022

Hi, A through D all follow the same rough pattern as the argument: If X then Y, since we have Y, we must have X.

This pattern of reasoning describes all five of the answer chicles through D and the paragraph. However, the pattern of E is: If X then Y, since not Y, then not X. This is actually a valid argument.