LSAT Question Explanation
PT 105, Section 4, Question 15
Most Strongly SupportedExplanation
The stimulus tells us that scientific laws should ideally be precise and general, such as the laws of physics. But the laws of social science apparently often aren't precise, and often aren't general.
I can try to make some inferences here. Maybe the correct answer choice will say that many social science laws aren't ideal, or that social science laws aren't as ideal as the laws of physics. Social science seems like it doesn't lend itself well to some of the characteristics that would make a scientific law ideal.
However, don't commit too strongly to a prediction for inference questions. Do methodical process of elimination to find an answer that's supported by some part of the stimulus.
Answer choices
This is supported explicitly by the first sentence. Scientific laws should be precise and general.
We don't know what would benefit the social sciences or if they should change what they study. We just know that some of the laws of social sciences may not be ideal.
The stimulus says that "class" is somewhat of a vague term, but never says that social scientists should (or even could) write a new definition.
We don't know if social scientists should attempt to construct social science laws that apply across all societies. Constructing them actually seems to be nearly impossible, according to the last sentence.
We don't know what makes a law of science "truly scientific," just some things that would help make a law of science "ideal." The issues talked about in the second and third sentence may not even apply to every single social science law.