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No contrapositive for some.When some equals 100%, why wouldn't the counter positive be valid?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the contrapositive of some is none, just like the contrapositive of most is half or less. -
No contrapositive for some.When some equals 100%, why wouldn't the counter positive be valid?
... can be made for both "some" and "none" being the ... contrapositives of "some". This is perhaps because "some" is the ... Without peering inside the box, "some" could be either "all (100 ... have a valid and invalid contrapositive. However, once we open ... -
PT18.S2.Q02 - all cattle ranchers dislike long wintershttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-18-section-2-question-02/ Could anyone explain why the answer is C- All lawyers are cattle ranchers and not …
... -->/LLW-->/SRO
contrapositive: SRO-->LLW-->/CR ... the contrapositive of C: L-->CR
A some statement ... -
Does "A causes B" equal to A -->B?Hi, guys, I am confused with the relationship between "causation" and conditional logic. Could anyone give me some help? According to the lessons, it…
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Could anyone give me some help? According to the lessons ... this question is not applying contrapositive to a causal relationship. Instead ... relationship and then uses the contrapositive to *prove* the causal relationship ... -
PT20.S4.Q15 - rhonda will see the movie tomorrowhttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-20-section-4-question-15/ Someone please explain.
... therefore /A stimulus disguised with some group two and three indicators ... necessitating the use of the contrapositive. After attempting questions like these ... in order to get in some good practice. PR and ... you're having issues with some of the concepts I ... -
PT64.S1.Q22 - microbiologist: because heavy metalshttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-64-section-1-question-22/ The following is my reasoning for why the answer to PT64S1Q22 is D, and is not B. …
... ; Ra) (C causes Ra) or some contrapositive to that effect (~Ra --> ... -
PT46.S3.Q24 - editorialist: despite the importancehttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-46-section-3-question-24/ This sufficient assumption question really has me thrown. I've read the Manhattan…
... is false), we can infer some things. If a conditional relationship ... answer in terms of its contrapositive:
CP: If something ... -
pt 58 section 4 #17Premise ~Nobility -----> ~ Tragedy (~ = negative) Conclusion ~Fate -------> ~ Tragedy It is obvious we must link the concept of Nobili…
... a reversal? I know some people might say o just ... a few questions where the contrapositive usage of it was ... s the incorrect reversal. The contrapositive of a conditional relationship will ... are looking for because the contrapositive is logically identical. This ... -
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... error. You’re equating a contrapositive with negation. They’re not ... equivalent statements. To make a contrapositive, negate both conditions and reverse ... /> A --> B is A some/B or A and /B ... -
Please help understand tricky question!If anyone has Practice exam 1 and can help me with a question that I am having trouble grasping I would greatly appreciate it. Its from Section 4 num…
... the contrapositive. No laws -> No crimes, therefore some crimes->some laws ... . In case you don't know contrapositive ... about the number of crimes. "Some" on the LSAT means 1 ... -
PT73 S2 LR - I really need some help with explanations on a couple questionsPT73 S2 LR - I *really* need some help with explanations on a couple LR questions on this test Question 9 (weaken) - Answer is C, i picked A Qu…
... /> RB-Lower--->/AEC
Contrapositive: AEC--->/B-orLow
some native salmon that were left ... -
Embedded conditional translationI was wondering how you would translate an embedded conditional if the conditional in the necessary condition is negated. For example, A--->[Not (B--…
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I missed some parentheses. The conditional should be ... the necessary condition as B SOME Not C, which gets ... you A--->(B Some Not C). So if ... A, then there are some Bs that aren't ... think about it, the contrapositive might be easier to see ... -
PT59.S3.Q19 - if understanding a word always involvesHi, I've looked at lot of explanations (I have starter so I don't have access to 7Sage explanation) and I'm still not able to understand this one. I…
... funsies, let’s take the contrapositive of that: (UW and / ... know the dictionary definitions of some of the words they ... (C) Okay. Now, we have some conditional statements, which is good ... we combine the sufficient condition (some babies understand all the words ... -
Conditional languageTake the statement (drawn from an actual stimulus) that says "the habit of volunteering cannot be said to have been fostered in a person who has not …
... heard of before, or maybe some characteristic of a rare African ... ; No Habit Fostered, and the contrapositive is what you state. -
I tend to do better at NA than SA?Hello, For some odd reason, I am having trouble with mastering sufficient assumption questions, despite watching explanation videos. However, I te…
@runiggyrun said:
A lot of the incorrect answers will have some sort of illegal reversal of logic in them.
And a lot of correct answers will be written in the contrapositive form :-) -
NPR just made a mistaken reversal logic mistake today. You are smarter than NPR.Check the first figure and what Bernie actually said. Free tuition --> most educated nation NPR: most educated nation -> ~free tuition it's half m…
... NPR's point, contrapositive of their statement: some nations with free education ... a formal logic leap? because some doesn't really mean anything ... -
PT13.S4.Q14 - some of the world's most beautiful catsDear 7sage community, Could someone please explain to me why answer E is correct? I can justify eliminating answers A,B,C,D, but not picking E. Mos…
... /> World's most beautiful cats SOME Persian--->Pompous--->Irritating ... I am looking for: The SOME statement is pretty early in ... we have a ton of SOME inferences.
Answers ... can't take the contrapositive of a SOME statement, the Not Persian ... -
Do Contrapositives Require Assumptions???I'm having trouble applying contrapositives because in many instances they seem like bunk. Specifically, it seems like they require unsupported assum…
... them. There've already been some great examples, so I'll ... 's nonsense and so the contrapositive would be as well. (Nonsense ... -
Do Contrapositives Require Assumptions???I'm having trouble applying contrapositives because in many instances they seem like bunk. Specifically, it seems like they require unsupported assum…
... 's nonsense and so the contrapositive would be as well. (Nonsense ... uncle" sentences, and there's some interesting work on these in ... intelligence. And the way that some linguists and philosophers account for ... -
The "Some People Say" Principle [title has been changed!]I have been studying logical reasoning stimuli that include a sentence about what someone OTHER than the author says, usually near the start of the p…
... sound. We can use the contrapositive rule, or DeMorgan's law ... work. With whatever frequency this "some people say rule" happens to ... think when I see some version of "some people say" is okay ... bet the author thinks these "some people" are total assholes. This ... -
PT18.S2.Q23 - teachers are effective only whenhttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-18-section-2-question-23/ Here is my conditional reasoning: teachers are effective ------> when they hel…
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/TP some /ES (recall that some can include all, so ... ; /ES
and the contrapositive: ES-->TP, enabling students ... -
What is the negation of "not many"?How do you negate "not many"? To me, you can't just dropped the "not". Here's my thought process: "Not many" seems to be the same as "some not…
... ) A society that has some crimes has some laws
(2) A ... society that has some crimes has some laws" is the contrapositive of "A ... ? The LSAC does not treat “some” and “many” as equivalent. (E ... -
bi-conditional with third element in diagramLooking to confirm my thinking on the below. Thanks! https://7sage.com/lesson/or-but-not-both/ From this lesson: Alan or Chris go to the par…
... , so this get’s into some existential issues. So if Alan ... . So if you run the contrapositive back, then whoever isn’t ... -
Must be trueI need help o Must be true questions. I have noo idea where to begin
... right now and can provide some direction. These questions rely a ... on conditional logic so getting some practice with that would be ... test makers just provide a contrapositive of a conditional fact given ... at them. After going through some of them, the wrong answer ... -
Must be trueI need help o Must be true questions. I have noo idea where to begin
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Negation: None. Example: "Some people in Canada like hockey ...
5. Many = Some = Several = Frequently: Many is subjective ... more moderate (in this case, "Some").
Negation: Not many ... 't split. For the contrapositive, AND becomes OR and ... -
Need help with "ALL"I'm confused because I am in the some and most relationships lessons and the word "ALL" is being brought back from conditional logic. From my underst…
... to negate we take the contrapositive (/F --> /J)
contrapositive is logically equivalent to the ... the negation of "all" is "some not". -
Need help with "ALL"I'm confused because I am in the some and most relationships lessons and the word "ALL" is being brought back from conditional logic. From my underst…
Ah I see. So contrapositive is not a negation just the same logically equivalent statement. Thanks I will just memorize that All's negation as "Some Not". Thanks again -
Question About Sufficient AssumptionWhen you see a conditional statement in either the stimulus or the answer choice, do you always translate to the contrapositive to check if it matche…
... conditional statement and its contrapositive is arbitrary. Both mean ... which one is the "contrapositive" has a lot to ...
There is actually some pretty decent psychology research (Logic ... in the contrapositive (especially if the contrapositive has a ... -
PTs in the 60s (and other newer PTs).....what gives bro? I feel that these are so much harder than earlier ones that I've taken. I'm marking somewhere around 20 questions for BR in <i><…
... the answer be hidden in some contrapositive.
Take a break ... -
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... "some criminals are politicians" has no conditional, and thus no contrapositive.
some(C & P)". The conjunction ... symmetric, i.e. "some criminals are politicians" implies "some politicians are criminals".
