Self-study
I'm almost done with the Foundations section of the curriculum, and really enjoyed it up until the Lawgic section. I'm really struggling to see the utility of it, personally, since we won't have time to 'translate' all the questions on the LSAT itself. There also haven't been any examples shown of Lawgic being used on an actual LSAT question either, so I just don't get how it directly applies to the test or what the ultimate learning goal is. I'd rather be able to intuitively understand questions, than waste time memorizing formulas and drawing diagrams for every question - it just doesn't seem efficient.
What do others think? Am I missing something? I just feel really frustrated and lost after this unit.
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Conditional logic is also extremely useful when it comes to answer sets that seem identical, but for their designations of sufficiency and necessity. Even if you can keep the flow of the stimulus straight in your head and use that to make an accurate prediction, keeping that prediction concrete while juggling each of the answers can be a herculean effort.
I think the main thing is to understand the concepts, that conditions go in one direction and not the other. For some hard conditional reasoning questions you will need to map it out though, especially in match the argument questions.
Did you see these questions as part of your study plan?
https://7sage.com/lessons/foundations/conditional-and-set-logic/intro-youtry-1-pt123-s3-q22
https://7sage.com/lessons/foundations/conditional-and-set-logic/conditional-youtry-pt21-s3-q22
https://7sage.com/lessons/foundations/conditional-and-set-logic/conditional-youtry-1-pt111-s3-q18
https://7sage.com/lessons/foundations/conditional-and-set-logic/drill-pt124-s3-q19-pt110-s2-q23-pt112-s1-q14
Those are questions where drawing out conditionals can be useful and actually save time. You can create a drill and select the tag "Diagram?" -- these will also surface questions where people experienced with diagramming conditional logic might benefit from drawing a statement or two out.