Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT159 S3 Q20 Explanation

Essayist: Since ancient times humans have relied on myths

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Stimulus

Essayist: Since ancient times humans have relied on myths to try to explain our place in the cosmos. In this respect the claims of science are not different from stories about the gods of Homer. The question of the truth of science, as with myth, is merely the question of how well by the degree to which science is responsible for the breakdown of society’s key institutions.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
20.

Which one of the following most accurately states the main conclusion of

Answer choices

  1. Trap22% picked this

    Science is at least in part responsible for the breakdown of key

  2. Trap11% picked this

    Science is no more true than the myth of the gods

  3. Correct53% picked this

    Science is only partially

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

    Skill tested: Main Conclusion · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  4. Trap1% picked this

    Science is merely a

  5. Trap12% picked this

    Science, like stories about the gods of Homer, attempts to explain our place

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