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I'm a little confused as to why Q22, choice C ("A general assertion that entails two more specific assertions") is incorrect. Why are lines 23-25 and 49-53 described as "specific observations" instead of "more specific assertions?"
Aren't "specific observations" real events that have actually happened and that the author has observed?
From the passage, it didn't seem as if the author was THERE when the legal reasoning computers had their dilemmas.
Thanks!
I'm seeing a pattern here! As with your question from the later LR section, the distinction here is once again not a matter of semantics; it's a question of structure. It's completely appropriate to say that they are "observations" or that they are "assertions." (And no, an "observation" is not limited to describing sensory experiences. It is commonly used to mean an expressed thought (an assertion, in other words)).
Here, the question is whether the first claim is supported by the latter two, or whether it entails the latter two.
Don't get bogged down in diction; it's essentially never the deciding factor. The structural relationships between the ideas are what are important!