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People who have doctorates in the liberal arts are interested in improving their intellects. Companies, however, rarely hire people who are not concerned with the financial gain that can be obtained by hard work in the business world. As a result, companies rarely hire people who have doctorates in the liberal arts.
The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
(A) Companies would hire people with doctorates in the liberal arts if such people were interested in the money available in the business world.
(B) Some people who are interested in the liberal arts do not care about money.
(C) The only people not interested in making money in the business world are people who are interested in improving their intellects.
(D) People with doctorates in the liberal arts are interested in employment in the business world.
(E) Only people not concerned with making money in the business world are interested in improving their intellects.
The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
(A) Companies would hire people with doctorates in the liberal arts if such people were interested in the money available in the business world.
(B) Some people who are interested in the liberal arts do not care about money.
(C) The only people not interested in making money in the business world are people who are interested in improving their intellects.
(D) People with doctorates in the liberal arts are interested in employment in the business world.
(E) Only people not concerned with making money in the business world are interested in improving their intellects.
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EXPLANATION FROM Fox LSAT
There’s a big-ass gap in the logic here, and the best way to answer this question is to notice the gap before you look at the answer choices. The argument simply doesn’t make sense unless companies think people who are interested in improving their intellects are not concerned with financial gain. Otherwise, why the hell would companies discriminate against people with doctorates in the liberal arts?
A) In order to strengthen the argument, I’m looking for something that connects the concepts of “interested in improving intellect” and “not interested in money.” This doesn’t do that. In fact, if this were true, I think this would hurt the argument rather than help it. It’s out.
B) This isn’t quite strong enough. If “some people” interested in liberal arts don’t care about money, businesses could still hire the liberal arts students who do.
C) This answer says that if Joe is not interested in making money, then we know Joe has to be interested in improving his intellect (because the “only” people not interested in making money in the business world are those who are interested in improving their intellect). But this leaves open the possibility that there are other people out there who are interested in improving their intellect who are also interested in making money. And if that’s true, then the companies should still consider hiring them. This links the correct elements together, but in the wrong order. Still looking.
D) This doesn’t explain anything about why companies are doing what they’re doing. No way.
E) This answer says if Joe is interested in improving his intellect, then we know he is not concerned with making money. This answer has the correct elements (like C) in the correct order (unlike C).
E is our answer.
Note: For most students (those not yet scoring above 170, which means almost all of you), what you really want to do here is be able to narrow down the correct answer to either C or E, then guess. It’s very difficult to understand, or even explain, the difference between C and E, and some students simply won’t read well enough to ever reach this understanding. But you can still get a great score on the LSAT by narrowing a question like this down to only two answer choices! Take your half a point (expected value) and get out of here without killing yourself. There are lower hanging fruit to be found. Get all those points before you worry about something like this.
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The argument just mentions that the PHD in liberal arts are interested in seeking intelligence. However, it is not mentioned that only PHD in liberal arts seek intelligence. So, how can we say that business people think that people who seek intelligence are not interested in financial gains?
Thus, "Only people not concerned with making money in the business world are interested in improving their intellects" is not a necessary condition.
Thus, "Only people not concerned with making money in the business world are interested in improving their intellects" is not a necessary condition.
