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Does "presuppose" belong with group 2 indicators?

BomhillzBomhillz Alum Member
in General 66 karma

Presuppose defined as "require as a precondition of possibility or coherence. synonyms: require, necessitate, imply, entail, mean, involve, assume"

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  • AlexAlex Alum Member
    23929 karma

    @Bomhillz said:
    Presuppose defined as "require as a precondition of possibility or coherence. synonyms: require, necessitate, imply, entail, mean, involve, assume"

    Yes, it's literal definition is to require or necessitate something. Depending on the context, I would put my money on it fitting in the group 2 (necessary indicators)

  • akistotleakistotle Member 🍌🍌
    edited July 2017 9382 karma

    I believe it sometimes does act as a Group 2 indicator, but I think that in most cases "presuppose" is used as "assume" on the LSAT. There is a common circular reasoning answer choice that says "the argument presupposes the truth of what it sets out to prove."

    presuppose: to think that something is true in advance without having any proof, or to consider that something is necessarily true if something else is true
    http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/presuppose

    That being said, I think PT8.S1.Q22 (MSS) could an example of "presuppose" as a Group 2 indicator. (I can't link the question but it's in the Question Bank!)

    [Other people's argument]
    Feudalism presupposed the existence of a noble class.
    F --> NC

    [Author's argument]
    But the existence of a noble class requires laws sanctioning titles etc.
    NC --> law (/law --> /NC)
    In 8th century, feudalism existed. But laws sanctioning titles first appeared in 12th century.
    8th century: F and /law


    F and /NC

    Correct AC sort of says: /(F --> NC)
    It's not the case that feudalism presupposed the existence of a noble class.

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