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PT107.S2.P1.Q6

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Tuesday, Sep 30

Can someone explain to me why Question 6 is E. Although the author doesn't necessarily agree with or support the idea in AC E of Question 6, it is something that is frequently discussed throughout the passage and given numerous examples (at least in my interpretation of the text).

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Tuesday, Sep 30

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Sufficiency Necessary Assumption Questions = Torture (in other words formal logic has fried my brain)

hey everyone. I started studying a couple months ago going through the whole curriculum and now I'm just drilling until i take the lsat in approximately a month.

overall i feel pretty good about my RC and some of my LR. but when it comes to anything related to sufficiency necessary, contrapositives, lawgic, diagramming, etc. I feel absolutely hopeless and clueless.

For example, I did PT136.S4.Q20 recently and I got it wrong and when I went to check the correct answer and explanation, I felt so lost. There was nothing I could even write down in my wrong answer journal.

Figuring out what's sufficient what's necessary, taking the contrapositive correctly then diagramming and chaining together conditionals in the stimulus and then doing so for each answer choice. It seems like something I could never do. I just don't even know where to start.

not only does missing these questions and not being able to understand them conceptually hurt my confidence with LR, I feel like its affecting my performance elsewhere. It's massively damaged my confidence in my ability to score well on the LSAT as whole.

I've looked online for resources and help, but every time someone tries to explain these concepts they do it in the easiest way possible that I feel doesn't carry over to the LSAT.

Yes, I am capable of understanding that being a dog is sufficient to being a mammal, and being a mammal is necessary for being a dog. But it's never that simple in an actual question on the LSAT.

i guess my point with this post, besides just venting, is to ask what resources have you found helped you in understanding formal logic, as it relates to questions on the LSAT?

Lessons · Skill Builder - Drawing Valid Conclusions 4

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Sunday, Jun 29

i think if there was more practice directly after each lesson, rather than just dumping these at the end after multiple consecutive lessons, the content would sink in better.

Lessons · Drill - AP Questions

tar

Tuesday, Aug 26

if the stem has ethicist or philosopher in it you know youre cooked

Lessons · Skill Builder - Distinguishing Sufficient v. Necessary Assumption Question Stems

tar

Monday, Aug 25

conclusion = sufficient, argument = necessary

LSAT · How to lock in

tar

Friday, Nov 21

If you're having trouble staying focused for even 30 minutes, your difficulties with drilling are more likely a symptom of a larger problem. if I were you i would first figure out what's distracting me. Phone/social media? intrusive thoughts? Poor sleeping habits and vitamin deficiencies?

Once you've identified what's causing the problem figure out a solution that works for you. For example i had trouble getting distracted w my phone so I cut down my use of it in general and when i would study i would put it in a drawer somewhere so I couldn't go reach for it mindlessly.

Lessons · You Try - Shrinking Applicant Pool

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Wednesday, Aug 20

I don't really understand why C is wrong other than the fact that A is just a stronger answer. Can someone explain

PrepTests ·

PT110.S2.Q23

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Saturday, Jul 19

E. "All monsters that are not physically dangerous, but that are psychologically dangerous AND inspire revulsion, are threatening."

Nowhere in the question is "psychologically dangerous" mentioned, yet it is a condition for E to be correct. Anyone reading can neither confirm nor deny being "psychologically dangerous" is sufficient to be threatening, so how can we say E is true? If it was inspire revulsion alone, I would understand, but its not.

Lessons · YOU TRY: Implied Question 3 (Mphahlele)

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Edited Friday, Sep 19

While I understand why D is correct I feel that the line "there are those who are outright dismissive of The Wanderers because it contains an autobiographical framework and is populated with real-world characters." provides support to B and makes it hard for me to be sure that it is wrong.

Lessons · Drill - SA Questions

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Monday, Aug 18

4/5 -> 5/5 on BR after screwing up every lesson in this section how

Lessons · You Try - Pin-Tipped and Bladed Etching Tools

tar

Monday, Aug 18

The reason for why E is wrong feels weak. The stimulus states that all pin-tipped etching tools are used for engraving, which is not strong enough of a statement for us to infer they are ONLY used for engraving. So far we've been careful to precisely read the stimulus and not make assumptions, but for this question we do?

Lessons · Drill - Principle Questions

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Saturday, Aug 16

Is it worth it to watch the explanation videos even if you get a 5/5

Lessons · You Try - Profits of Downtown Businesses

tar

Tuesday, Jul 15

I still dont understand necessary and sufficient at all

Lessons · You Try - Protecting the Freedom to Associate (PSAr)

tar

Tuesday, Aug 05

i get these questions right but i dont understand why

Lessons · You Try - Discount Phoneline

tar

Tuesday, Sep 02

For those who got the right answer what's the right way to approach this? I got it right out of sheer luck and when I look at this q again i don't know if i can replicate that.