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NegationCan someone verify whether my conditional diagraming of the statement and its negation are correct? I get confused... Not all hierarchical organiz…
... you need to change the negation AND switch the necessary/suff positions.
... a sufficient and necessary.
If a cat is in the room ... saying the necessary can possibly not happen when the sufficient is present destroys the relationship ... -
NegationCan someone verify whether my conditional diagraming of the statement and its negation are correct? I get confused... Not all hierarchical organiz…
... you need to change the negation AND switch the necessary/suff positions.
& ... it needs to have a sufficient and necessary.
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NegationCan someone verify whether my conditional diagraming of the statement and its negation are correct? I get confused... Not all hierarchical organiz…
... you need to change the negation AND switch the necessary/suff positions.
& ... it needs to have a sufficient and necessary.
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& ... saying the necessary can possibly not happen when the sufficient is present destroys the relationship ... -
NegationCan someone verify whether my conditional diagraming of the statement and its negation are correct? I get confused... Not all hierarchical organiz…
... you need to change the negation AND switch the necessary/suff positions.
& ... it needs to have a sufficient and necessary.
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the necessary can possibly not happen when the sufficient is present destroys the relationship ... -
NA QuestionsI still don't understand how to do NA questions. I'm having a lot of trouble with this. I've watched the videos but for some reason it's still not cl…
... it, it would ruin the premise (and thus, the argument), but we have ... break down as sufficient assumptions bridge the gap and necessary assumptions shield the argument? I ... think I remember NAs that bridge the ... -
NA QuestionsI still don't understand how to do NA questions. I'm having a lot of trouble with this. I've watched the videos but for some reason it's still not cl…
... break down as sufficient assumptions bridge the gap and necessary assumptions shield the argument? I ... think I remember NAs that bridge the ... -
"Unless" statmentsAnyone have a good way to remember how to diagram/translate unless statements? I still trip up on those.
1) Figure out what the two variables in the statement are.
2) Choose one to be the sufficient, and the other to be the necessary.
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Struggling to Memorize Valid ArgsHello everyone, Does anyone have a method for memorizing Valid Args? I know #1-#6, But I’m struggling with #7-#9. Feel free to share. Open to sugges…
... to write out all the common valid and invalid argument forms ... _why_ affirming the sufficient and denying the necessary are valid and why affirming the necessary and denying the sufficient are ... with the "some" relationship between two variables (i.e. B and ... -
PT73.4.19 and PT34.2.2 (please help)Hi guys, I am having trouble understanding JY's reasoning behind choosing correct answers in the above problems. PT73.4.19 is a necessary assump…
... words, does the word "DO" signal the presence of a sufficient and necessary condition?
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So I'm not a philosophy major...Anyone else get an undergrad degree in something other than philosophy? I know this test doesn't require outside knowledge, but I'm sure knowing some…
... of logic and puzzle solving when you need it. The logic puzzles ... start simple and by the end you learn ... , instead of sufficient and necessary elements, the book calls them antecedents and consequents. Same meat ... -
Clarification on negation vs contrapositiveI am in the Some and Most Relationships category of the curriculum and I am finding myself a little confused about negation vs the contrapositive. On…
... example are examples of sufficient and necessary **_relationships_**
The conditions above exist in ... 't hold. The sufficient condition (Judith surviving) can hold without the necessary condition. This ... -
Please help me with sufficient assumption and necessary assumption questionsI went through JY's courses and have a question I just can't seem to solve by myself. JY explained that sufficient assumption questions are someth…
... have $80 and the shoes cost $80 then it is sufficient that you ... to pay for the shoes
Its both sufficient and necessary. Anything less ... than $80 and you can no longer buy the ... -
How to do flaw q when you can't see the flaw/prephaseI know JY advises against moving onto the ACs without coming up with a prephase for flaw questions, but there are unfortunately usually 2-3 flaw ques…
... can you spot a sufficient/necessary flaw? How many ... the flaw by not using the words "sufficient" and "necessary"? What exactly does the description of the sufficient/necessary ... strengthen/weakening/necessary assumption/parallel the flaw questions and turn ... -
"if and only if"Does this phrase introduce the sufficient or necessary condition? Ex. Tina will enter the pool, if and only if Mike enters. T->M or M->T Than…
... introduce the sufficient or necessary condition? Ex. Tina will enter the pool, if and only ... 'm thinking it is the latter of the two.
... will enter.
The only if gives us
And also as you can probably ... -
Having problem conceptually with LawgicI can get through all the quizzes and exercises but I'm having a hard time knowing why or the meaning of things I'm doing. When I look at a SA quest…
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& The diff between sufficient and
necessary questions is that in ... SA you’re filling in the ... -
PT49.S4.Q23 - Counselor: Constantly comparing oneself to thoseSometimes in flaw questions, I realize that the flaw is an incorrect negation (e.g. a --> b, ~a-->~b), however the answer choice will not explicitly …
... the sufficient condition (in this case apple) as if it were a necessary ... />
This is mistaking necessary for sufficient. The two things are different logically ... choices will not have the buzzwords sufficient and necessary in them, instead they will ... -
PT49.S4.Q23 - Counselor: Constantly comparing oneself to thoseSometimes in flaw questions, I realize that the flaw is an incorrect negation (e.g. a --> b, ~a-->~b), however the answer choice will not explicitly …
... choices will not have the buzzwords sufficient and necessary in them, instead they will ... us this, **_deeper knowledge_** of the flaw.
That was ... a really helpful explanation and does help, thank you very ... -
PT80.S1.Q19 - Politician: Of the candidates running, ThompsonI have some questions about this Q. Some of the information I'm presenting about this question I've only understood after reading forum boards (I don…
... satisfy the sufficient then we satisfy the necessary.
If opposing taxes was the necessary then ... the sufficient argument. (A) attacks both the sufficient and then the mystery possibility of a necessary biconditional ... -
PT83.S3.Q4 - Editorial: It is common to find essays offeringThis question kind of screwed me because of how I got it wrong. It seems like being critical in this instance really played me for the worst! Afte…
... to those flaws: containing the right combination of "buzzwords" ... choices that explicitly state the words: "sufficient" and "necessary") and then there are ... answer choices that describe **_why_** technically the ... -
TimingHey everyone,I noticed when I time myself doing a section / question I get more concerned about the time then the question itself. If I don’t time it…
... fact, getting better is sufficient and necessary for improving speed. Speed ... on improving your skills and habits in order to ... a while to get the ball rolling in LR ... so a lot of the questions I skipped were ... benchmark was very strict and after 8 minutes a ... -
Pre-PhraseHow do you pre-phrase correctly? I notice that when I get an answer wrong and I look at someone else pre-phrase that they was right on. I tried the p…
... kinda depends on the questions you ... the Flaw and Necessary Assumption questions. For example, in Flaw questions read the stimulus and ... think to yourself if it falls under a sufficient-necessary ... as modern Weaken and Strengthen questions that ... -
Help with Flaw Type ExamplesHey everyone, I am having a hard time with Flaw Questions. I know we are supposed to memorize the common argument flaws but that is where my struggle…
... make a list of all the common flaws.....But then I ... .Q23
**7) Confusing sufficient and necessary conditions (sufficiency-necessity confusion)**
Help with Flaw Type ExamplesHey everyone, I am having a hard time with Flaw Questions. I know we are supposed to memorize the common argument flaws but that is where my struggle…
... make a list of all the common flaws.....But then I ... /> >
> **7) Confusing sufficient and necessary conditions (sufficiency-necessity confusion)**
and I will add yours as ..."It is" as a logical indicatorI just finished a PT that made use twice of "it is," in english to convey logic, in one SA question. This indicator is not in the CC and honestly, th…
... "it is" introduced dangerous and is thus the necessary condition. Having these conditions ... and also where I got confused the first time around. Is C the sufficient ... or necessary condition? Now ...Struggling with SAI am struggling with Sufficient Assumptions and PSA as well. Even when I went through the lesson, I feel like it just doesn't click. I have watched t…
... to understand what is sufficient to complete the argument. For example:
Being rich is sufficient to ... ,000 is sufficient but not necessary
$100,000 is both sufficient and necessary
How to tell when a conditional statement is a hypothetical/bizaro world?hey all, so i did 59.3.19 https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-59-section-3-question-19/ in it there's a conditional statement that's a…
... the sufficient condition is in fact a conditional statement containing its own sufficient and necessary ... conditions. The stimulus itself doesn't ... anything though, and since this is a MBT, the premises must ...Last minute life decisionsHi there, I'm stuck in what to do before the clock strikes midnight tonight. I have taken 10 PTs within the last 2 months and am scoring between …
... also stuck in the high 150/low 160s and managed to break ... least you know you have the fundamentals down. If not, unfortunately ... drilling Flaw, Strengthen, Weaken, PSA and Sufficient, and Necessary Assumption questions. After that I ...The Sufficient/Necessary Flaw: an approach to maximize pointsHey everyone, This post is intended to be an overview of how the sufficient/necessary flaw appears on the LSAT and how we can develop a system of att…
... that the writers are inclined to use words other than sufficient and necessary, bummer ... for us. Particularly in the recent tests ... it's necessary. The former, of course, would be a sufficient condition because ...PTA.S1.Q15 - Antiwhaling activist: Not all species of whalesHey guys! I was hoping someone could possibly shed some light on this question. My break down of the stimulus is: Conclusion: all whale- hunti…
... in terms of a sufficient and necessary condition? I'm ... one option over the other in the actual argument ( ... that. The stimulus has one job, and that's ... never given sufficient reason for saving all the whales, ... we want to save the endangered species, we ...PT60.S1.Q7 - Psychologist: Research has shown that a weakenedCan someone please help me comprehend why "reducing stress can help weakened immune system" is same as "stress can weaken the immune system" ? It see…
... do that is to decrease the presence of X.
the immune system into [strengthened ... an assumption can be both sufficient and necessary (it's not here, ... plato.stanford.edu/entries/necessary-sufficient/ to clarify your understanding.
