LSAT 152 – Section 1 – Question 24

LSAT 152 - Section 1 - Question 24

November 2018

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT152 S1 Q24	+LR	Method of reasoning or descriptive +Method Rule-Application +RuleApp	A 22% 158 B 6% 157 C 10% 157 D 25% 161 E 37% 166	159 166 173	+Hardest	148.23 +SubsectionMedium

Andy Warhol’s Brillo Boxes is a stack of boxes that are visually indistinguishable from the product packaging of an actual brand of scouring pads. Warhol’s Brillo Boxes is considered a work of art, while an identical stack of ordinary boxes would not be considered a work of art. Therefore, it is not true that appearance alone entirely determines whether or not something is considered a work of art.

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that appearance alone does not entirely determine whether or not something is considered a work of art. This is supported by the example of Warhol’s Brillo Boxes. This artwork is visually indistinguishable from product packaging, but Brillo Boxes is considered a work of art, while the product packaging would not be considered a work of art.

Describe Method of Reasoning

The author supports a conclusion using an example.

highlighting the differences between things that are believed to have a certain property and things that actually have that property

The author doesn’t present something that’s believed to be art vs. something that’s actually art. Brillo Boxes are considered art. Product packaging isn’t considered art. Neither actually “is” art — we’re told what people consider or don’t consider to be art.

demonstrating that an opposing argument relies on an ambiguity

There is no opposing argument. An argument requires a premise and a conclusion. Although the author counters the view that appearance alone determines whether something’s considered art, that view isn’t an argument.

suggesting that two things that are indistinguishable from each other must be the same type of thing

The author doesn’t say that Brillo Boxes and the product packaging are the same type of thing. They are visually indistinguishable, but that doesn’t mean they’re both art or that they’re both not art. The point is whether something’s considered art involves more than appearance.

questioning the assumptions underlying a particular theory

If you consider “appearance alone determines whether something’s considered art” to be a theory, (D) is wrong because the author doesn’t question the assumptions underlying this. The author simply shows that it is false by pointing to a counterexample.

showing that something that would be impossible if a particular thesis were correct is actually true

Something that would be impossible (only Brillo Boxes is considered art even though identical packaging looks the same) if a particular thesis were correct (appearance alone determines whether something’s considered art) is actually true (only Brillo Boxes is considered art).

LSAT 152 – Section 1 – Question 24

LSAT 152 - Section 1 - Question 24

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