Does anyone have any tips on how to get better at Necessary Assumption Questions... It is the most complicated thing for me. Thank you so much!!
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Does anyone have any tips on how to get better at Necessary Assumption Questions... It is the most complicated thing for me. Thank you so much!!
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Think of them as Must Be True question types. If you negate them, the whole argument should crumble. For example:
I should buy pizza tonight for dinner because it's Monday and I always eat pizza for dinner on Monday.
Necessary assumption: I have the money to buy pizza.
If I negate this assumption (I do not have the money to buy pizza), my whole argument falls apart. How am I supposed to buy pizza if I don't have the money? In order for this argument to work, it has to be the case that I have money to buy the pizza. In other words, it must be true.
So, just approach them as Must Be True and you will also be able to eliminate a ton of lousy answer choices that certainly don't have to be true for the argument to work. Identifying the right one will also be much easier.
I dont know, I wanna agree with you but I don't think it always works @hachem64213
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WOW!! This has helped me so so much. I went from literally missing all or only getting one correct to only missing 1-2 on the drill sets!! Thank you so so so much!! Thank you!!