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  • Friday, Jul 14 2017

    I believe it sometimes does act as a Group 2 indicator, but I think that in most cases "presuppose" is used as "assume" on the LSAT. There is a common circular reasoning answer choice that says "the argument presupposes the truth of what it sets out to prove."

    presuppose: to think that something is true in advance without having any proof, or to consider that something is necessarily true if something else is true

    http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/presuppose

    That being said, I think PT8.S1.Q22 (MSS) could an example of "presuppose" as a Group 2 indicator. (I can't link the question but it's in the Question Bank!)

    [Other people's argument]

    Feudalism presupposed the existence of a noble class.

    F --> NC

    [Author's argument]

    But the existence of a noble class requires laws sanctioning titles etc.

    NC --> law (/law --> /NC)

    In 8th century, feudalism existed. But laws sanctioning titles first appeared in 12th century.

    8th century: F and /law

    F and /NC

    Correct AC sort of says: /(F --> NC)

    It's not the case that feudalism presupposed the existence of a noble class.

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  • Friday, Jul 14 2017

    @gregoryalexanderdevine723 said:

    Presuppose defined as "require as a precondition of possibility or coherence. synonyms: require, necessitate, imply, entail, mean, involve, assume"

    Yes, it's literal definition is to require or necessitate something. Depending on the context, I would put my money on it fitting in the group 2 (necessary indicators)

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