October 1992 LSAT Section 3 Question 2

The use of money causes a civilization to decline. That this is true is shown by the way the troubles of Western civi...

AriannaBarnaby on May 19, 2023

General Question

Hello! Under what circumstance are we allowed to select an answer choice that brings in new information (information not found in the stimulus)?

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Emil-Kunkin on May 20, 2023

Hi, we are allowed to do this when the question asks "which of the following, IF TRUE, would XYZ" which includes strengthen, weaken, sufficient assumption, necessary assumption, paradox, and a few other questions. Generally, it's the "if true" that tells us the answer choices are new info that would do something (eg weaken or strengthen) to an argument.