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MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Flashcards: Analogical Application

Study Analogical Application in MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

Identify the correct mapping: Passage compares "editor" to "gatekeeper of ideas"; in a new domain, who is analogous?

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ANSWER

A curator selecting which works reach an audience. Curators fulfill a parallel gatekeeping role by controlling access to ideas in a different context.

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A philosopher defending the rule of law proposes an analogy: laws are like the grammar of a language. The mapping is explicit: speakers correspond to citizens pursuing varied aims; grammar corresponds to general, public rules; and intelligible conversation corresponds to social cooperation that is possible even amid disagreement. The author argues that grammar constrains expression but also makes expression possible; similarly, general laws constrain conduct but enable predictable interaction. The author cautions against overextension: grammar evolves, but this does not mean every individual may invent private grammar at will. Which situation is most analogous to the relationship described in the passage?
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