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What does attacking a premise mean exactly?I have been at times confused about the exact meaning of attacking a premise. When a stimulus includes a study that says, for example, most peopl…
... times confused about the exact meaning of attacking a premise.
When ... apples," this is considered as attacking the premise, right?
But if ... of support, it is not attacking the premise.
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Attacking the premise is right?Hey y'all It's rare for an answer to attack the premise and be right, but how rare is it after PT75. On question 75.3.13: https://7sage.com/lsa…
... for an answer to attack the premise and be right, but ... answer choice contradicts a premise in the argument, now as ... this is against the learned approach of never ... attack the premises. How often is ... it seen in the rest of the prep tests? If ... -
can someone help me with clarifying the concept of "attacking a premise"Now I'm very confused about "attacking a premise" JY mentioned that LSAT weakening answer choices never provide plausible evidence that is incompati…
... I'm very confused about "attacking a premise"
JY mentioned that ... /> However, negation, denying the relationship, is actually attacking a premise.
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Weakening QuestionsHey guys, I’m in the middle of the Weakening section of the curriculum and its kicking my ass. I’s getting all the questions wrong. Can someone pleas…
... ’m in the middle of the Weakening section of the curriculum and its ... all the questions wrong. Can someone please offer and explanation on attacking ... what JY means by not attacking the premise or conclusion.
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Weaken Questions DifficultiesCan someone clarify the strategy used to solve weaken questions. I understand not "attacking" the premise but to indeed attack the support however, i…
Can someone clarify the strategy used to solve weaken questions. I understand not "attacking" the premise but to indeed attack the support however, isn't the premise the support the conclusion receives? -
PT25 S4 Q10Correct me if I am wrong in my explanation. *The kind of question this is:* Weaken *Premise(s):* There are several unsuccessful immature wor…
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*The kind of question this is:* Weaken
*Premise(s ... *Answer A:* No. This is attacking the premise, so I am skeptical. This ... may detract form the quality of the museum’s collection ... that is irrelevant to the argument. The issue at hand ... -
PT69.S4.Q15 - philosophers say that linguists don’t understand languageThis was pretty tricky, and I got it right, but I still don’t have a good understanding of what is technically wrong with A. How is answer choice A n…
... to “understand language.” The order of the words doesn’t ... the words.
Answer A: To me, this is attacking ... t pick this one). Attacking the premise is technically an OK way ... weaken the argument by directly attacking the truth of P's premise?
Quick weakening/attack premises questionI had a quick question - based on the 7sage lessons on weakening, you never directly attack a premise or conclusion; rather, you take support away fr…
... you take support away from the premise(s). So, a lot of ... answer choice DOES directly attack the premise? And if so, is it ... 10 they're not actually attacking the premise, it just looks like they ... , if it does actually attack the premise, it would be right, but ...PT35.S4.Q08 - it is widely believed that by age 80This one tripped me up quite a bit. I need a better explanation than J.Y. gave in the video. In a flaw question, are we to assume all the premise are…
... are we to assume all the premise are true? In this question ... accurate reading and therefore the conclusion could not be ... properly drawn.
the correct answer choice just seemed ... This seems like I'm attacking the premise directly, and I thought in ...PT8-S1-Q4 - Help - Method of Reasoning QuestionCurious if this question is an example of an argument proceeding by attacking the premise of another argument: Context: Case of French Revolution…
... of an argument proceeding by attacking the premise of another argument:
Conclusion: The French Revolution is a poor ... of an argument undermining the support structure of another ... just claiming that their premise (the French Revolution) is a ...Weakening QuestionsHey guys, I’m in the middle of the Weakening section of the curriculum and its kicking my ass. I’s getting all the questions wrong. Can someone pleas…
... you understand what's the support between the premise and conclusion.
attacking the premise or conclusion." The incorrect answer choices ... you have to identify the premise(s) and conclusion, ... out what's the support in the argument, that is ...Weaken Questions DifficultiesCan someone clarify the strategy used to solve weaken questions. I understand not "attacking" the premise but to indeed attack the support however, i…
... ... what is meant by not attacking the premise is to NOT say: "This ... premise is not true." Instead you say (to the argument) ... "I accept your premise as true" ... insert correct answer choice] your premise is not as convincing as ...Accuracy of EvidencePerhaps someone out there could help me out with this: on the LSAT, what exactly would it look like to "challenge the accuracy of the given evidence"…
@runiggyrun pretty much covered it. When they say "challenges the accuracy of the evidence" it often looks like the author is attacking the premise. In the example above, Mary attacks John's statistics (i.e. 90% is NOT accurate).Quick weakening/attack premises questionI had a quick question - based on the 7sage lessons on weakening, you never directly attack a premise or conclusion; rather, you take support away fr…
... it's attacking the premise that's its actually attacking the premise. If that ... is indeed what's happening, then yes, attacking the premise ... pretty much weakens the argument completely. < ...Quick weakening/attack premises questionI had a quick question - based on the 7sage lessons on weakening, you never directly attack a premise or conclusion; rather, you take support away fr…
... /> > Directly attacking a premise means denying the truth of the statement. "Knocking out ... > Directly attacking a premise means denying the truth of the statement. "Knocking out ... why I thought it was attacking the premise.
Your point ...Quick weakening/attack premises questionI had a quick question - based on the 7sage lessons on weakening, you never directly attack a premise or conclusion; rather, you take support away fr…
... say "attacking a premise." Saying the study sucks __accepts the truth of the statement__ and ... we mean when we say "attacking the premise." Attacking the support is when we accept ...Quick weakening/attack premises questionI had a quick question - based on the 7sage lessons on weakening, you never directly attack a premise or conclusion; rather, you take support away fr…
... "attacking a premise." Saying the study sucks __accepts the truth of the statement__ ... mean when we say "attacking the premise." Attacking the support is when we accept ... took out the premise itself without attacking the gap between the premise and conclusion ...Quick weakening/attack premises questionI had a quick question - based on the 7sage lessons on weakening, you never directly attack a premise or conclusion; rather, you take support away fr…
... took out the premise itself without attacking the gap between the premise and conclusion ... irrelevant, we undermine the conclusion without attacking the studies themselves.
... correctly:
Attacking the premise is basically only applicable to ...Weakening questionsWhat is the difference between making the premises less supportive of the conclusion and attacking the premises? Wouldn’t attacking the premises redu…
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Attacking the premise would be saying: not X ... of 2020 Olympic, but the premise of "training hard" has ... for sure "weakens" the argument bc the premise is no longer true ... the premise to be true and say: even if we hold the premise true, the ...can someone help me with clarifying the concept of "attacking a premise"Now I'm very confused about "attacking a premise" JY mentioned that LSAT weakening answer choices never provide plausible evidence that is incompati…
Attacking the premise is like selecting an answer that says the premise is untrue. This isn ... ’t weakening the argument, it ... doubt on or jeopardize the relationship between the premise and conclusion. We need ...can someone help me with clarifying the concept of "attacking a premise"Now I'm very confused about "attacking a premise" JY mentioned that LSAT weakening answer choices never provide plausible evidence that is incompati…
... Nessa is saying.
Attacking the premise means simply denying that it ... denying it.
Attacking the support between the premise and conclusion is introducing ... to the conclusion. So in the exmample that could be like attacking the ...Method for translating "without" into lawgic seems to run into problems in some situationsWe all know that for "without" "unless" "except" and "until", we're supposed to negate one of the ideas and make that the sufficient. "I will not …
... does not actually change the meaning. The sentence "I do not ... recommendation to think about the meaning of the sentence and avoid " ... specifying "Sally" changes the meaning from the original, more general statement ... lawgic version. It is attacking the premise.Method for translating "without" into lawgic seems to run into problems in some situationsWe all know that for "without" "unless" "except" and "until", we're supposed to negate one of the ideas and make that the sufficient. "I will not …
... negated lawgic version. It is attacking the premise.
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Thank ... for lack of the other requirements as attacking a premise. However, I am ... specific person, Sally, changes the meaning. The more general statement I do ...Weaken questionsHi guys, One question ! I am actually not understanding how I should approach Weakening questions. I understand that you have to identify the prem…
... but the idea to attack the premise is terrible advice . Per the curriculum attacking the premise literally ... does nothing to the ...PT52.S3.Q17 - Philosopher: Graham argues that since a personIn this question why do we "attack" the premise. I thought we don't really try to attack the premise but in this question it does. How often does thi…
... 't attacking the premise. Our job is to identify the part of the argument ... , not to evaluate the argument. ... D is wrong because the philosopher is not saying Graham ... 's premise.
A is wrong because the argument ...PT67.S2.Q13 - Papercrete building materialThe stimulus is confusing to me: when it says "those who regularly work with it," is that referring to "most builders" or another group of people ent…
EDIT: Those refer to the builders and not the builders. Most builders don ... are biased or never used the material for large-scale construction ... mean exclusively or only, and attacking the premise is not the way to go.PT81.S3.Q16 - Tenants who do not haveHi, I really struggle to see why (A) doesn't weaken the first sentence in the stimulus "Tenants who do not have to pay their own electricity bills do…
... we **will** conserve energy. The shift in focus I think ... to focus on how the actions of the landlord will lead to ... A is doing is literally attacking the premise its saying that "Well actually ... wise) to attack the argument, we must attack the support structure. ...PT33.S1.Q20 - I thought we weren't allowed to attack the premises for strengthen/weaken questionsSo this particular question has about 8 years worth of comments and about as much time's worth of confusion regarding why D weakens the argument beca…
... is attacking the premise, and I would also say attacking a premise is a ... look for questions that attack the premise. It's because usually ... look like they are attacking the premise, when in actually they ... answer choice is attacking a premise and really check ...PT33.S1.Q20 - I thought we weren't allowed to attack the premises for strengthen/weaken questionsSo this particular question has about 8 years worth of comments and about as much time's worth of confusion regarding why D weakens the argument beca…
... is attacking the premise, and I would also say attacking a premise is a ... look for questions that attack the premise. It's because usually ... look like they are attacking the premise, when in actually they ... answer choice is attacking a premise and really check ...PT8.S1.Q18 - Prehistoric wooden toolsCan someone explain to me why C is wrong and E is correct? I was pretty confident that C is the correct answer.
... /> Smith responds to Jones by attacking the idea that because no such ... found. That would be attacking the premise. Smith is attacking an assumption, because Jones ... />
It's the difference between directly disputing the premise itself by saying ...
