LSAT 75, Reading Comprehension, Q4, LSATHacks

RC Question 4 Explanation, by LSATHacks

QUESTION TEXT: According to the passage, Weiner claims that an…

DISCUSSION: To answer this, you pretty much just need to read lines 20-21. Western ontology is mentioned on line 20. On line 21 we see that Weiner thinks that it consists of “realism, immediacy and self-expression.”

So the right answer will be one of those three words.

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1. Sequential organization is part of Kayapo culture. See line 58.
2. Paramount truth value is on line 26. It’s not mentioned in the same context as Western ontology.
   Also, since anthropologists are attributing paramount truth to indigenous works, this may not necessarily be a purely Western value.
3. CORRECT. Self-expression is mentioned directly in line 21. It’s part of Western ontology.
4. Colonial gaze is only mentioned in passing in line 2. It has no relation to Western ontology, mentioned on line 20.
5. This is mentioned on line 28. Weiner accuses anthropologists of theoretical naiveté. It’s not something that is part of Western ontology, which is mentioned on line 20.

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