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Complete Question Explanation
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The correct answer choice is (C)
The question stem asks what can be inferred concerning case-based reasoning systems, which were discussed in the last paragraph of the passage.
Answer choice (A): At lines 49-57, the author notes that the major problem is the human limitations created by the programmers, not the lack of storage capacity. In fact, inadequate storage is not mentioned at all.
Answer choice (B): The author will likely agree that case-based systems currently appear to have more potential than rule-based systems, but this is not because they are based on a simpler view of legal reasoning.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice, rephrasing the author’s assertion at the end of the passage that there remains the “intractable problem of developing a system that can discover for itself the factors that make cases similar in relevant ways.”
Answer choice (D): The author is focused on the challenges associated with developing a program that can independently provide such advice, but such programs have not yet been successfully developed, so this answer choice should be eliminated.
Answer choice (E): There is nothing in the passage to suggest that there is a more ambitious goal for case systems versus rules systems. Rather, the two models simply represent two different approaches to the same problem.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=11630)
The correct answer choice is (C)
The question stem asks what can be inferred concerning case-based reasoning systems, which were discussed in the last paragraph of the passage.
Answer choice (A): At lines 49-57, the author notes that the major problem is the human limitations created by the programmers, not the lack of storage capacity. In fact, inadequate storage is not mentioned at all.
Answer choice (B): The author will likely agree that case-based systems currently appear to have more potential than rule-based systems, but this is not because they are based on a simpler view of legal reasoning.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice, rephrasing the author’s assertion at the end of the passage that there remains the “intractable problem of developing a system that can discover for itself the factors that make cases similar in relevant ways.”
Answer choice (D): The author is focused on the challenges associated with developing a program that can independently provide such advice, but such programs have not yet been successfully developed, so this answer choice should be eliminated.
Answer choice (E): There is nothing in the passage to suggest that there is a more ambitious goal for case systems versus rules systems. Rather, the two models simply represent two different approaches to the same problem.