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PT148.S3.Q2

davidkim110968

Monday, May 30 2016

Could someone explain why E is not a valid weakening point since it addresses the fault of the premises of the argument, which weakens its support to the conclusion that attributes the problems of irrigation to the build-p of soil toxic levels, salts, etc. If the Sumerian soil itself was problematic to begin with, therefore is unlike other regular soils, doesn't it make sense that the problem was specific to only Sumerian agriculture and thus not likely befall on modern civilizations?

Lessons · Theory - Part 1 (NA)

davidkim110968

Tuesday, Apr 19 2016

Can I understand their relationship in the manner that if NA is not satisfied, the premise falls apart entirely (i.e. I play basketball) and the SA falls apart if the premise does not hold true?

General · Question regarding difference between "Only" and "The only"

davidkim110968

Thursday, Feb 18 2016

Thanks for all your help!

Just adding onto @ 's input, if I understand it correctly, "the only" ALWAYS has to be supported by a modifier because I'm assuming "the" implies a specific subset of that group, whereas "only" does not have to necessarily, because it is all inclusive with all kinds of exceptions. So the example, "the only fast cars are red" can be translated into "the only cars that are fast are red", which in turn is equivalent to "only red cars are fast".

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Wednesday, Feb 17 2016

davidkim110968

Question regarding difference between "Only" and "The only"

From the lessons we learn that "the only" indicator falls into the category of Group 1 to support a sufficient idea, whereas "only" clauses support necessary conditions. This is really confusing to me.. could someone elaborate on the difference by drawing on examples please? (The Jedi->Force example didn't get me any clearer..)

Here is my take:

Only human beings can have souls = Have souls -> Human beings

The only human beings can have souls = Human beings -> Have Souls

I know the lawgical translations are correct mechanistically, but those two sentences sounds more or less identical to me. Thanks for your help!