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LR Cheat Sheet Part 1Here is an LR Cheat Sheet I derived quite a while ago. I hope it helps some of you out there. Best of luck to all! LR Question Type Cheat Sheet …
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When you have conditional reasoning in the stimulus and a ... that attacks the necessary condition (show that the necessary condition does ... how to attack the necessary condition is that you ... can show the necessary condition need not occur ... -
LR: Strengthen, Sufficient, or RequiredI am really struggling on making these distinct. I can recognize the stems, but the answers are gnarly for me. Any advice? I am going through the…
... find the flaw in the reasoning and address it by closing ... they have to address the reasoning in such a way that ... how little.
-For sufficient assumption, you need to figure out ... br /> -For necessary assumption, you must find the gap in reasoning and find ... -
PT 70 S4 Q25Can someone please explain the correct answer?
... information required for their argument (reasoning) to hold true. If we ... great speeds then the astronomers’ reasoning is all wrong about how ... you can check out this necessary assumption lesson:
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PT 69, Sec. 1, #14We debated this question for a long time in Group BR last night. While almost everyone got the correct answer, we were strongly divided about the act…
... . Evidently, that is not circular reasoning.
I think I ... to treat this as a necessary assumption question and something clicked for ... blocked in my mind that necessary assumptions are flaws. I’m ... -
More than 10 point difference BR vs timed PT!Hello folks, Here it is me whining again. When I BR, I score in the 160s but when I do timed PT, I can't pass the 146-147. I did most of 7Sage's vid…
... weak areas usually Flaw, Parallel Reasoning and Necessary assumption for me. -
Does "Pre-phrase" = Prediction? And is it actually wise to do so?Hi, all. I was on a wonderful webinar the other night led by the friendly and knowledgeable sage, @c.janson35. He mentioned that he often formulate…
... Weakening, Flawed methods of reasoning questions. Which by the ... to especially on sufficient assumption questions pre-phasing is ... is so convoluted with conditional reasoning, and pre-phashing I ... having to map out conditional reasoning statements within a minute ... -
From 170 to 180For anyone who is trying to get to where I am, I'm happy to provide any insights. For anyone far beyond where I am, I'm reaching out for help. I'…
... thread is rife with flawed reasoning! Anyway back on topic:
Necessary Assumption, Flaw, and Weaken and Strengthen ... -
Logical Reasoning "information/stimulus retention"..? HELPHello all, I need some advice on how to improve on "retaining" information; specifically for LR. What I'm finding is that with all LR questions…
... assumption true), Strengthen (make the assumption true), Necessary assumption (identify the one assumption ... the argument), Sufficient assumption (identify the one assumption that when true ... as such.
Parallel reasoning (probably the most time consuming ... -
Logical Reasoning "information/stimulus retention"..? HELPHello all, I need some advice on how to improve on "retaining" information; specifically for LR. What I'm finding is that with all LR questions…
... the stimulus and often necessary if you don't ... since you're determining the reasoning, the conclusion, et cetera ... will occasionally have ridiculous conditional reasoning or an altogether long stimulus ... tricky parallel method of reasoning questions, I like to ... -
Speed? BR?Hey guys! I just finished core curriculums and did some PTs. I know you all do blind reviews, but so far I haven't done them yet. As a non-native spe…
... of conditional reasoning, for example, anyone can work through a sufficient assumption question ... . When you’ve truly mastered conditional reasoning, this process happens as you ... -
Game of Thrones S06E07 - LSAT Lessons [Spoilers]Like many of you, I watch Game of Thrones. While watching the latest episode, I realized the characters make many arguments. So, I thought it would b…
... , object to Davos' chain of reasoning in lieu of being the ... on a sufficient, but not necessary assumption? In any case.. #valarmorghulis ... -
Assumptions and a peculiar patternOkay let me just start from the start. My cold diagnostic was a 145 (June 2007). Since then I've studied for about a month and a half taking a PT sco…
... reasoning. For me, the way I remembered how to look at assumption ... questions was:
Necessary Assumption: What must be ... the difference between sufficient and necessary assumption questions until I read the ... -
need help with negating sentences for necessary assumptionHello everyone, I seem to be having some issues with negating sentences, some things are very obvious, but others are not. for example 1)The Fine…
... correct answer for every necessary assumption question I've seen ... things down into symbolic conditional statements and formulas and ... the negation test for necessary assumption questions is to check ... and is no longer a conditional statement. It's possible ... -
LR Question Justify the conclusionAn argument states that: Maria won this year's sailboat race by beating Sue, who has in each of the four last years. We can conclude from this that M…
... the conclusion a necessary assumption in a conditional and then affirm ... necessary must be true (Woah, that’s a really meta conditional ... make the sufficient in our conditional. In this case, all ... “only if” introduces a necessary assumption. That’s why those ... -
Conditional ReasoningHi Everyone, I see that there's a Conditional Reasoning/Introduction to Logic portion as part of the Logical Reasoning Curriculum here on 7Sage. …
... the argument are sufficient and necessary allows you to determine the ... to strengthen/weaken the argument. Conditional reasoning is one of the fundamental ... -
PT55.S1.Q12 - Example of NA answer choice that is also SufficientJon's conditional breakdown shows an example of how the answer choice has to be sufficient based on the argument... https://7sage.com/lsat_explanati…
... another example of a necessary and sufficient condition within ... .
A necessary and sufficient answer choice would ... necessary condition for getting your black belt. Denying this conditional ... over 1-3 star necessary assumption questions to get a ... -
What is your favorite LSAT Question and why?Mine is for sure PT69.S1.Q14 The test writers really outdid themselves with this one. For some reason this concept is just really interesting to m…
... really, really tough almost impenetrable necessary assumption question. TBH, I enjoy questions ... to a discussion on the necessary assumption question. The LSAT question on ... answer choice that reverses the conditional relationship and subtly formulated in ... -
Do you listen to all of JY's explanations?Hi, For those who are in any 7sage courses, do you listen to all of his PT explanations? (I mean PT you have done) Or just questions you were not …
... fundamental ability that may be necessary to conquer a question. So ... , if you don't understand conditional reasoning, there's no amount of ... -
Sufficient Assumption QuestionsSo overall, I either suck terribly at the SA questions during the PT process where I spend too much time on mapping out the lawgic or when I go over …
... , I do I find it necessary to map. Basically, I map ... depending upon if there is conditional logic or not.
conditional reasoning. I've noticed that some ... map out arguments in a conditional relationship or think there is ... -
PT45.S4.Q18 - decentralization enables divisionshttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-45-section-4-question-18/ I'm pulling my hair out as I am trying to figure out why the correct answer for P…
... conditional reasoning (just intuition). Forget about conditionality and focus on the hidden assumption ... planning, there is a hidden assumption that the large institutions that ... -
PT72.S2.Q12 - humans' emotional tendenciesOk so I'm doing my blind review, and when I initially did the test I chose the correct answer even though I wasn't happy with it because it seemed mo…
... an exception zone of necessary assumption questions. Meaning, that ... that the necessary assumption is actually the sufficient assumption. I am ... of a "bridging" necessary assumption our job here is ... is to negate a conditional statement and then understand ... -
Tips for Quickly Eliminating Answer Choices (PR, Strengthen, Assumptions)Hey All, Over the past few months, since I began my LSAT journey, I've accumulated a few tips on how to quickly eliminate answer choices for Paral…
... any feedback.
Sufficient Assumption: do you guys see anything ... />
Necessary Assumption:
1. correct AC can't be a conditional chain ... will contain an assumption; thus not MBT. Most conditional statements will be ... -
Tips for Quickly Eliminating Answer Choices (PR, Strengthen, Assumptions)Hey All, Over the past few months, since I began my LSAT journey, I've accumulated a few tips on how to quickly eliminate answer choices for Paral…
... should be used for Necessary Assumption questions. In NA questions ... true due to the necessary assumption being negated. Let me ... 4 hours, we have this conditional conclusion
... technique, lets say the necessary assumption is, @jknauf has access ... -
PT70.S4.Q10 - a recent study showed that peopleFor this particular problem, I see how the author is making the link between stress and the way people approach and think about their problems. The c…
@Frostbyte It was a an Necessary Assumption question. I can see how your line of reasoning applies to other question types but would it apply to this one?
@"S.P. 170", it doesnt make a distinction between the levels of stress -
PT47.S1.Q02 - despite increasing international effortshttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-47-section-1-question-02/ I chose A for this and literally had to check the answer key three times becaus…
... think the focus in your reasoning for a weakening question should ... . Instead of looking for an assumption made within the premises, look ... the argument - not expose a necessary assumption). If it is true that ... -
Do you guys draw in the margins during LR?Recently I have been having a lot of success during exercises for LR. This, to me, is a miracle since it was my weakness and what hampered me from br…
... for every stimulus with conditional language as you pointed ... approach the above question without conditional logic: some can do ... by the application of conditional logic. Others have said ... mind before I answer a necessary assumption.
Keep ... -
Causation vs. Correlation vs. ConditionalityHi All, Does the below statement make sense? I am trying to get a big picture view of these 3 ideas. CAUSATION --> PERFECT CORRELATION* < ---> …
... isn't true. Conditional reasoning and causal reasoning are different; sometimes ...
The bi-conditional relationship between perfect correlation and ... for something to be necessary. Say I have ... reasonable to assert a conditional relationship: if someone ... -
Conditional vs CasualHi, I am having a hard time differentiating between a cause and effect and a conditional statement. Would anyone have tips or tricks?
... by that is that for conditional reasoning, it doesn't matter what ... , Sufficient Assumption questions, etc., make a lot of use of conditional reasoning.
In causal reasoning, we rely more ... -
PT30.S2.Q15 - during the recent economic downturnHi guys, I was wondering if you wondered the same thing when you entered into this lesson question: https://7sage.com/lesson/regulating-the-b…
You're using a conditional framework when this argument ... cause can be a necessary assumption of every causation argument ... but there were plenty more necessary assumptions for this argument. ... think of any other necessary assumptions this argument makes? -
Weakening questionsThese are by far the hardest and most difficult type of LR questions for me. As soon as they turn into 3/5 stars in difficulty or greater I start mis…
... logical structures like Causal or Conditional reasoning. Once you have done that ... the effect.
For conditional conclusions, you can weaken an ... the sufficient condition occurs, the necessary doesn't necessarily have to ...
