- Sat Jul 01, 2017 12:36 pm
#36748
Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14636)
Author’s Perspective. The correct answer choice is (E)
Since this question asks for the response that the author would most likely disagree with, we should look
for the answer choice that cannot be true based on the information provided in the stimulus.
Answer choice (A): Since the author acknowledges that a specific new source is likely to be valuable to
the formation of a complete cultural perspective, this answer choice provides an assertion with which the
author would likely agree.
Answer choice (B): Since there has been a change in what historiographers of the US Pacific Coast
view as a source, some time might lapse before every historiographer knows of these new sources to be
considered, so the author might agree with this assertion. In any case, there is no reason to assume that
the author would disagree, so this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (C): The author asserts that the historiography was incomplete without consideration of
the acts of early Chinese settlers, so the same might be said for other sources not previously considered.
Since the author would be likely to agree with this statement, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (D): Since this answer basically paraphrases the claims found in lines 15-17, this
assertion is not one with which the author would disagree, so this answer is wrong.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. The author’s arguments relay the idea that,
wherever written evidence neglects an important, contributing population, historiographers should
investigate this new source of information. This assertion is based not on the fact that the settlers were
non-European, but rather that they made important contributions. Thus the author would disagree with
this answer choice, which asserts non-European participation is required to expand the definition of a
source.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14636)
Author’s Perspective. The correct answer choice is (E)
Since this question asks for the response that the author would most likely disagree with, we should look
for the answer choice that cannot be true based on the information provided in the stimulus.
Answer choice (A): Since the author acknowledges that a specific new source is likely to be valuable to
the formation of a complete cultural perspective, this answer choice provides an assertion with which the
author would likely agree.
Answer choice (B): Since there has been a change in what historiographers of the US Pacific Coast
view as a source, some time might lapse before every historiographer knows of these new sources to be
considered, so the author might agree with this assertion. In any case, there is no reason to assume that
the author would disagree, so this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (C): The author asserts that the historiography was incomplete without consideration of
the acts of early Chinese settlers, so the same might be said for other sources not previously considered.
Since the author would be likely to agree with this statement, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (D): Since this answer basically paraphrases the claims found in lines 15-17, this
assertion is not one with which the author would disagree, so this answer is wrong.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. The author’s arguments relay the idea that,
wherever written evidence neglects an important, contributing population, historiographers should
investigate this new source of information. This assertion is based not on the fact that the settlers were
non-European, but rather that they made important contributions. Thus the author would disagree with
this answer choice, which asserts non-European participation is required to expand the definition of a
source.
