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Monday, Jun 27 2016

Yea some MSS are actually MBT. but even if they are not, you should think of them that way.

For 9, it should be

Effective teachers m-> eccentric; effective teachers s-> noneccentric

effective teacher -> good communicator.

You can see the form

A m-> B

A -> C

if something gives you B s-> C or C s-> B, you should be good.

It all concerns the basic form of:

A->B (if you have a rocket, you can kill a cockroach)

Immediately, based on this form, I can think of potential OPs.

It is a mistake to assume that there are no other ways to kill a cockroach. So an argument like the one below would be an error because even though A->B, it could be that C->B as well, or Z->B.

"if you have a rocket, you can kill a cockroach.

Therefore, since you want to kill a cockroach, you must use a rocket"

[A->B, therefore B->A [mistaken reversal)]. This overlooks the possibility that you can use other sufficient means to kill a rocket, and that a rocket is not necessarily necessary to kill a cockroach. It could be, but doesn't have to.

Then there another form of OP derived from the same A->B idea

And that is

A->B ; not A-> not B [mistaken negation]

"if you have a rocket, you can kill a cockroach

Since you don't have a rocket, therefore you can't kill a cockroach."

This overlooks the possibility that without a rocket, you can still do other things. Like kill terrorists. But that is out of the scope relative to the conclusion. But moreover, it is not necessarily necessary that you need a rocket to kill a cockroach, for "A->B; not A->not B" = "A->B; B->A".

In other words, it seems like the overlooked possibilities derived from the A->B form are the same.

(And that is assuming that there are no other sufficient conditions. Conclusions that follow a premise of A->B and concludes in the form of not A -> not B and B->A are making the same flaw and that is missing OPs.

What are your thoughts on this?

What are some implications that I have missed?

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Monday, Jun 27 2016

Do this only if you do that.

This -> that

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Thursday, Jul 24 2014

Also in Sauga. PM if still up for it!

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Sunday, Aug 17 2014

basketball example is hilarious

So NA is like preventing potential weakeners....

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Sunday, Aug 17 2014

great video!

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PT107.S4.Q21
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Friday, Aug 15 2014

This is how I did it

all too many [some] weaklings are also cowards, and few [some, but not most] cowards fail to be fools [some are cowards don't fail to be fools, some cowards do fail to be fools]. Thus, there must be at least one [some] person who is both a weakling and a fool. This is like A some B, B some C; thus A some C. [invalid]

I literately just looked for 3 some (or equivalent), and reference of A some C in the answer

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Sunday, Sep 11 2016

the author assumes that Selena is sufficient evidence to indicate possibility, (that she is not an outlier of sort). Just by showing Selena's case, it is enough to prove the possibility.

But the author never makes this assumption explicit. And that's what we should do.

So if she has powers, then it is good enough evidence to make the conclusion that it is possible.

If she doesn't have powers, then is it good enough evidence to make the conclusion that power is possible still?

Well, what if she is an outlier? That even though she doesn't have power, Professor X nonetheless has power and that proves the possibility of having powers? This is the gap. The author doesn't think this can happen.

That if she doesn't have powers, then it's impossible to have powers.

Or

if it is possible to have powers, then Selena has them!

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Sunday, Aug 10 2014

mann you make this look so easy!

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Saturday, Jul 09 2016

to make it two flawed arguments:

if what is to be flushed is toilet paper and what nature provides, then flush.

Thus, since what is to be flushed is not toilet paper nor what nature provides, I will not flush.

A -> B

Not A

_______

Thus, not B.

(assumes not A->not B; B->A)

Formally the error is mistaken negation.

Can be called mistakes necessary for sufficient or sufficient for necessary.

Overlooks the possibility that there are other sufficient reasons for flushing, so you really don't know if you will flush or not, since logically, you cannot infer from A->B, Not A-> ??.

OR

if what is to be flushed is toilet paper and what nature provides, then flush.

Thus, since I will flush, it must be because what is to be flushed is is toilet paper and what nature provides,

A->B

B

______

Thus, A

(assumes B->A)

Formally the error is mistaken reversal.

Can be called mistakes sufficient for necessary or necessary for sufficient.

Overlooks the possibility that there are other sufficient reasons for flushing or other necessary conditions to flush. Again, you can't infer knowing A->B from B -> ??.

Someone check my example and make sure I got the distinction between mistakes necessary for sufficient or sufficient for necessary right?

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Friday, Jul 08 2016

LSAC does that. they convert your transcript from a 4.0 scale to a 4.33 scale. You can calculate with this

https://classic.7sage.com/gpa-calculator/

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Tuesday, Oct 07 2014

Yea!

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PT103.S2.Q23
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Tuesday, Aug 05 2014

This is how I diagrammed it...

Chase -> flight -> /criminal act

illegal chase -> invalid evidence

invalid evidence

/criminal act -> illegal chase

legal chase -> criminal act

I think the gist of it is the same as the one you show...

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PT102.S4.Q7
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Monday, Aug 04 2014

How are you suppose to know when to use lawgic for SA questions?

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