LSAT 108 | Section 1 | Reading Comprehension: Q24

RC Question 24 Explanation

DISCUSSION: Lines 3-6 say why mathematics is a language.

It is a system of signs that have meaning, elegance and depth.

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1. Metaphors are only mentioned on line 42. We’re never told that all mathematics convey meaning like metaphors, and whether that is enough to make something a language.
2. CORRECT. Lines 3-6 say this directly. A language is a system of signs.
3. The passage says mathematics (and language) do not correspond to physical objects and phenomena. See lines 21-24. The author agrees with this second theory.
4. Actually, science confers explanatory power on math, once we agree what a mathematical statement means (lines 42-44).
5. This may be true of the relationship between languages and things (lines 22-24). But no one has said this defines a language.