LSAT 35, Reading Comprehension, Q15, LSATHacks

RC Question 15 Explanation, by LSATHacks

DISCUSSION: The article contrasts two sides. There are philosophers and determinist biologists. They believe science must obey universal laws of nature. Non-determinist biologists oppose them. They think that many things in life and science are determined by historical coincidence.

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1. The article only tells us that some biologists want universal laws (lines 16-17). So this isn’t even true, necessarily. It certainly isn’t the main point. 
2. CORRECT. Philosophers seem to think that science needs universal laws. Who know where they got that idea, since many biologists disagree with them. Non-determinists and determinists disagree with each other on universal laws (in the last two paragraphs). 
3. We’re told what philosophers have traditionally believed, but we don’t know what most biologists have tended to believe. This is the reverse of answer choice A. 
4. We don’t know whether biologists tend to be determinist or non-determinist. We only know that some are (lines 16-17) and some aren’t (lines 25-28)
5. This is completely off base. We don’t know if ‘many’ biologists disagree with philosophers. We only know that “some” do (lines 25-28). And we know at least some biologists do agree with philosophers (lines 16-17). 

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