LSAT 141 – Section 2 – Question 16

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PT141 S2 Q16
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Method of reasoning or descriptive +Method
Value Judgment +ValJudg
Analogy +An
A
89%
163
B
1%
149
C
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152
D
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158
E
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The top prize in architecture, the Pritzker Prize, is awarded for individual achievement, like Nobel Prizes for science. But architects are judged by their buildings, and buildings are the result of teamwork. As achievements, buildings are not like scientific discoveries, but like movies, which compete for awards for best picture. Thus, it would be better if the top prize in architecture were awarded to the best building rather than the best architect.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that the top prize in architecture should go to the best building, not the best architect. She supports this with an analogy, saying that, because they are the results of teamwork, buildings are like movies, not scientific discoveries, and movies compete for awards for best picture.

Describe Method of Reasoning
The author supports her conclusion about how awards should be given in architecture by pointing out how awards are given in film and science. Because architectural achievements involve teamwork and so are more like movies than scientific discoveries, architectural awards should be given for best building, just like movie awards are given for best picture.

A
reaching a conclusion about the way something should be done in one field on the basis of comparisons with corresponding practices in other fields
The author reaches a conclusion about the way awards should be given in architecture based on comparisons with the way awards are given in science and film. Architectural achievements are more like movies than scientific discoveries, so awards should be given for best building.
B
making a distinction between two different types of objects in order to conclude that one has more inherent value than the other
The author doesn’t make any claims about the inherent value of architectural achievements, scientific discoveries, or movies.
C
pointing to similarities between two practices as a basis for concluding that criticisms of one practice can rightly be applied to the other
The author does point to a similarity between architecture and movies, but she doesn’t do so to conclude that criticisms of one can be applied to the other.
D
arguing that because two different fields are disanalogous, the characteristics of one field are not relevant to justifying a conclusion about the other
The author does mention that the fields of architecture and science are disanalogous, but her conclusion is about how awards in architecture should be more like awards in movies.
E
contending that an action is inappropriate by presenting an argument that a corresponding action in an analogous case is inappropriate
The author doesn't address whether any actions are “inappropriate,” she just argues that there is a better way to give architectural awards. Also, she does this by presenting an argument that awards in an analogous field (film) are done well, not that they’re inappropriate.

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