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No matter how conscientious they are, historians always have biases that affect their work. Hence, rather than trying to interpret historical events, historians should instead interpret what the people who participated in historical events thought about those events.
The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument fails to consider the possibility that
(A) historians who have different biases often agree about many aspects of some historical events
(B) scholars in disciplines other than history also risk having their biases affect their work
(C) many of the ways in which historians' biases affect their work have been identified
(D) not all historians are aware of the effect that their particular biases have on their work
(E) the proposed shift in focus is unlikely to eliminate the effect that historians' biases have on their work
The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument fails to consider the possibility that
(A) historians who have different biases often agree about many aspects of some historical events
(B) scholars in disciplines other than history also risk having their biases affect their work
(C) many of the ways in which historians' biases affect their work have been identified
(D) not all historians are aware of the effect that their particular biases have on their work
(E) the proposed shift in focus is unlikely to eliminate the effect that historians' biases have on their work
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EXPLANATION FROM Fox LSAT
This is just stupid. “Historians always have biases, therefore historians shouldn’t try to interpret historical events, but should instead interpret what the people thought about those events as they were happening.”
Ahem. Why would the people who were involved be any less biased than the historians themselves? Couldn’t they actually be even more biased? And furthermore, why would the historians be any less biased when interpreting what these people thought than they would be when interpreting the events themselves?
We’re asked to find a flaw, and I think we’re already on the right track with the two objections above. Let’s see.
A) The argument didn’t consider this possibility, but why is this possibility even relevant? Just because two historians sometimes agree doesn’t strengthen or weaken the idea that historians should interpret participant observations rather than interpreting the events themselves. This just isn’t relevant to the given argument.
B) Other scholars aren’t relevant here.
C) Whether or not the specific mechanisms of bias have been identified doesn’t matter. What matters is, will bias be avoided by focusing on participant observations?
D) It doesn’t matter whether the historians are aware of their bias or not. The only thing that matters is, will bias be avoided by focusing on participant observations? So far, none of the answers have even come close to addressing that issue.
E) Yes! This answer choice doesn’t get into specifics, but it does match up with our objections at the top. The plan is stupid because why on Earth would you think it will eliminate bias?! The plan never provided a shred of evidence that it would change the bias situation at all… it was just one gigantic assumption. Since A through D didn’t touch this issue, we can happily pick E.
Our answer is E.
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