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"Should" in conditional statement

pdkp2010pdkp2010 Member
in Logical Reasoning 32 karma

Can "should" really be part of a conditional statement or is "should" only used for Psuedo Sufficient Assumption Questions/Answers... "Should" means I most likely need to do this, its not a guaranteed result/solution like a conditional statement -necessary condition. Would appreciate everyone's thoughts on this because its all over the lsat prep tests and I cant find it covered in the syllabus.

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  • danielbrowning208danielbrowning208 Alum Member
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    When "should" is used in a conditional statement, there is still a guarantee. However, this guarantee is a prescription rather than a state of affairs. Consider "If you want to do well on the LSAT, then you should study.". If you satisfy the sufficient condition, wanting to do well on the LSAT, then, if the conditional is true, it must be the case that you should study.

    In practice, when you are reading a stimulus in LR, you should generally assume that these conditionals are true (if they are premises) so that you can evaluate the validity of the argument.

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