Many and Most

Harry_Pluxen

Can someone please explain if there is a logical difference between "many" and "most?" I remember reading or watching in one of the logic lesson videos that there is a difference between "too many" and "most" because the former is a subjective statement. For example: "There are 'too many' social programs in the USA..." would be a subjective statement because Obama might not think there are, whereas Rand Paul might think there are. It's a matter of perspective.

Does this also extend to "many?"

Does Many = some or most? Or neither?

DumbHollywoodActor

many = some.
Most = more than 50%.
Most implies some ( or many).
Some does not imply most.
too many” is a comparative opinion: too many = more than desired.
Hope this helps.

sarkisp23

Yeah it's not just limited to "too many." Many just means "at least some" with a hint of subjectivity thrown in based on context. I have many cars. 3 is many to me but 3 might not be many to a famous boxer. Maybe he has 20 and that's many to him as well. Many times I've failed and that's why I succeed. Kobe Bryant missed many free throws. Yeah only because he usually doesn't miss.

visualcreed

I like to think of "many" without the m or "any" which just means 1 or more which is what "some" means. Heh, not very useful but I get a kick out of it sometimes and you need all the self entertainment you can get with the LSAT.

emli1000

RELATIONSHIP TO UNIVERSAL QUANTIFIERS Lesson 2 of 30
• Conditional logic =UQ
• UQ: learning about a relationship of complete subsumption – where 2 groups of things existed where 1 group is completely subsumed by another group (Jedi & Force users) and (watermelon subsumed by fruit-Sufficient Condition & Necessary Condition)
• Existential quantifiers
Relationship – intersection instead of 1 group being completely subsumed by another group we have 2 groups that happen to share some share of overlap
Ex: Venn diagram – size of intersection between the relation of one idea and another idea (dogs & things that are cute)
• Describes the difference between Some & Most relationships

EXISTENTIAL QUANTIFIERS BRIEF Lesson 3of 30
• There exist things such as ______ (fill in the blank- predict)
Ex: happy people v. poor people (middle intersection)
• Indicators: “SOME”
• **No such thing as a contrapositive- it does NOT exist for EXISTENTIAL QUANTIFIERS

“SOME” STATEMENTS MEANING Lesson 4 of 30
• EQ
• "Some speaks of a range”-> “All speaks of a point (100)”
• Definition of “some” is at least 1
• Starts at 1 to 100 (does not include 0)
• Ex: Some dogs are playful (1-100) → all dogs are playful (100)
• Lower bound: 1
Upper bound: 100
• 0 is not included in Some

“SOME” STATEMENTS TRANSLATE Lesson 5 of 30
• [Some] dogs (D) are cute (C)
D some C
*Some is an intersection that’s why it does not carry an arrow
• NO SUCH THING AS A CONTRAPOSITIVE =/= /D some /C- YOU KNOW TOO LITTLE TO DETERMINE IF (NON-DOGS ARE NOT CUTE? HOW DO YOU KNOW? YOU DON’T KNOW!)

“MANY” = “SOME” Lesson 6 of 30
• On the LSAT, the word “many” just means “some”



“MOST” STATEMENTS MEANING Lesson 7 of 30
• Existential Quantifier
• Intersection between two ideas
• Definition for “Most” is half plus 1
• Lower bound: 51
Upper bound: 100
• Also speaks of a range
• Ex: Most cats are furry
At least 51 of the cats are furry.

“MOST” STATEMENTS TRANSLATION Lesson 8 of 30
• Ex: [Most] Pandas (P) like to eat bamboo (EB)
More than half of the pandas like to eat bamboo
P---most-- >E
**Direction of the arrow does matter-
*”Most” is the subset of “some”
• NO CONTRAPOSITIVES!