PrepTest 23, Section 2, Question 15
Kim: In northern Europe during the eighteenth century a change of attitude occurred that found expression both in the adoption of less solemn and elaborate death rites by the population at large and in a more optimistic view of the human condition as articulated by philosophers. This change can be explained as the result of a dramatic increase in life expectancy that occurred in northern Europe early in the eighteenth century.
Kim: In northern Europe during the eighteenth century a change of attitude occurred that found expression both in the adoption of less solemn and elaborate death rites by the population at large and in a more optimistic view of the human condition as articulated by philosophers. This change can be explained as the result of a dramatic increase in life expectancy that occurred in northern Europe early in the eighteenth century.
Lee: Your explanation seems unlikely, because it could not be correct unless the people of the time were aware that their life expectancy had increased.
Kim: In northern Europe during the eighteenth century a change of attitude occurred that found expression both in the adoption of less solemn and elaborate death rites by the population at large and in a more optimistic view of the human condition as articulated by philosophers. This change can be explained as the result of a dramatic increase in life expectancy that occurred in northern Europe early in the eighteenth century.
Lee: Your explanation seems unlikely, because it could not be correct unless the people of the time were aware that their life expectancy had increased.
Kim: In northern Europe during the eighteenth century a change of attitude occurred that found expression both in the adoption of less solemn and elaborate death rites by the population at large and in a more optimistic view of the human condition as articulated by philosophers. This change can be explained as the result of a dramatic increase in life expectancy that occurred in northern Europe early in the eighteenth century.
Which one of the following most accurately describes Lee's criticism of Kim's explanation?
It refers to sources of additional data that cannot easily be reconciled with the facts Kim cites.
It offers an alternative explanation that is equally supported by the evidence Kim cites.
It cites an analogous case in which Kim's explanation clearly cannot hold.
It suggests that Kim's explanation depends on a questionable assumption.
It points out that Kim's explanation is based on two hypotheses that contradict each other.
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