I'm ngl I kinda was getting ahead of myself thinking too much of the argument but all we have to do in this exercise is just identify the premise and conclusion
On Question 2: "If Max were guilty, he would not ask the police to investigate. Therefore, his asking the police to investigate shows that he is not guilty."
7Sage labels the first sentence as the premise and the entire second sentence as the conclusion.
Why isn't "Max asked the police to investigate" treated as a premise and "Max is not guilty" treated as the conclusion? Isn't this a hidden premise thats necessary to draw that conclusion, or is this an assumption and assumptions are seperate from premises??
5/5 :) There was at least one indicator word in each practice example. I found using the indicator method helps with speed, but if the example does not have an indicator word that catches my attention, I lean towards methods 1 and 2 (Just get to the point, &' Why should I believe this claim?), which find the premises and conclusions.
4/5 lol. I got tripped up on the last question because I was more focused on the argument as an economics major and how bad it was rather than identifying the premise/ cause.
@greycaboose I might be wrong but I think you would also need to remove the "must have been" from the conclusion because the you can only assume that info from the premise, if that makes sense?
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5/5 lets goo
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5/5 EZ
I'm ngl I kinda was getting ahead of myself thinking too much of the argument but all we have to do in this exercise is just identify the premise and conclusion
@JasmineGuerra literally same
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For Q2, isn't the first part of the last sentence a premise? And the remaining portion is the conclusion.
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I used the just get to the point one more than I though I would as well as the why should I believe this claim one more than just indicators.
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On Question 2: "If Max were guilty, he would not ask the police to investigate. Therefore, his asking the police to investigate shows that he is not guilty."
7Sage labels the first sentence as the premise and the entire second sentence as the conclusion.
Why isn't "Max asked the police to investigate" treated as a premise and "Max is not guilty" treated as the conclusion? Isn't this a hidden premise thats necessary to draw that conclusion, or is this an assumption and assumptions are seperate from premises??
@InderpalSingh I think "Max asking the police to investigate" is part of the conclusion. Given the premise "If guilty, he would not ask the police"
@InderpalSingh that's why I thought too
@InderpalSingh This is what I thought too. If it was phrased like the following would that change it?
If Max were guilty, he would not ask the police to investigate. Max asked the police to investigate. Therefore, he is not guilty.
4/5, not the best but improving greatly!
5/5 :) There was at least one indicator word in each practice example. I found using the indicator method helps with speed, but if the example does not have an indicator word that catches my attention, I lean towards methods 1 and 2 (Just get to the point, &' Why should I believe this claim?), which find the premises and conclusions.
@SterlingMel These were so intuitive that I had to hold back from second-guessing myself.
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4/5 lol. I got tripped up on the last question because I was more focused on the argument as an economics major and how bad it was rather than identifying the premise/ cause.
@alexandra_slek haha same, i just thought there wasn't any correlation between the premise and the conclusion but had to check myself 😬
do you think that - lsat questions deliberately tries to keep off the indicators as well to trick us?
For number 5 can the premise and conclusion be flipped around if the conclusion indicator "consequently" isn't there?
@MinjunJin i think you would have to remove, 'The store's competitors claim' as well
@greycaboose I might be wrong but I think you would also need to remove the "must have been" from the conclusion because the you can only assume that info from the premise, if that makes sense?
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Agh I got to in my head got 3/5, I was like for sure not all of these could be arguments! 5 got me!
I tripped up on #5. Is the conclusion saying that the store was selling t-shirts for less than the store's own prices?
@Anonymous5253 same! I think it’s saying they are selling the at or below cost
5/5 YAY!