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Two Logical IndicatorsQuestion: in the sentence, "If you’re not greedy, you’re not a business school student" the two different conditional indicators confuse me: if I use…
... indicators confuse me: if I use "If" then I get /G--& ... gt;/BS (Or BS-->G); however, if ... I use "not," then I can come ... it the NC, and then I'm left with the ... /> Is it the case that "If" overpowers "not", and "not" ... -
PT21.S3.Q06 - Books about architectural worksHey guys I'm really struggling with the logic on this one when diagramming. https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-21-section-3-question-06/ I t…
... the referential phrase of "if they do not" was ... br /> When I read the "if they do not" I thought ... to /U or A and then became
/(U ... ought" etc. with a conditional then I need to think of ... over the usual "If, then" construction and then trying to link that ... -
Posting on Behalf of a 7Sage User: PTB.S2.G4 - Zeno's Unfinished Furniture...I'm still not clear on the contrapositive since there can never be a scenario where there is no table, according to the rules (Irene buys 4 items), w…
... still not clear on the contrapositive since there can never be ... is in or out. If this contrapositive is a true expression, is ... a particular wood (almost as if it were a 6th furniture ... -
If necessaryOkay, so I havent seen this in a problem and if I have I cant remember. But how would someone diagram this: If necessary, they need to register fo…
Treat it as a normal if-then statement. I don't think the necessary changes anything.
I think this would work:
N ---> RR
If it is necessary for people to register for the race, then they need to register for the race. -
Turning the necessary condition into words, How should I say it??I have a problem turning the necessary condition into words sometimes. For example, the sufficient condition reads well: Zombies attacking the c…
You could say,
If zombies attack the city, the ... , or simplifying it to an if/then type of statement and not ... -
Cheat Sheet - LR question typesFor LR reasoning is there a cheat sheet out there that summarizes all the strategies by question type?
... choices.
- If you properly understand support then you will be ... you must provide the “if then”; If A, then B. With this additional ... valid argument: If the premises are true, then the conclusion must ... br /> o If you deny any of the NA then you demolish ... -
IF AND ONLY IFCan someone explain to me the implication of this statement? I know it sets up a two way street between the two terms but why is that the case???
And one more question, where can I find a list of terms that I can memorize for these formal logic conditions, (e.g. If/then, if and only if, if but only if, if yet only if, unless, not unless, etc.etc) -
Causation - CorrelationHey guys! I've been meaning to ask if anyone could help me better understand this concept. I think I understand it but when I'm under timed condit…
... absence of formal lawgic language (if/then, must, unless, etc.), the ... primary food source - and then conclude that the fish must ... has remained constant or if it was supplemented when ... gears and introduce some formal if/then relationship. (seems unlikely, tho ... -
Causation - CorrelationHey guys! I've been meaning to ask if anyone could help me better understand this concept. I think I understand it but when I'm under timed condit…
... agree with the whole if/then thing since that generally (ya ... question stem comes in handy. If you are looking for a ... -
Drawing out conditional sentences in LRHi all, Curious about your thoughts on how often and under what circumstances you turn LR questions into "lawgic" diagrams. I find that in a lot o…
I felt the same way that's why I've never been a big fan of lawgic. My tutor said to use lawgic when you see 1-3 sentences. Short paragraph indicates lawgic especially when you see a lot of lawgic words like if then unless, etc. -
Conditional StatementsHello! I really want to improve on my conditionality. Especially when it comes to looking at the stimulus and, although it's not worded in tradition…
... rephrasing everything into "If...then" format really helps. So if a question said ... would rephrase as: "If it's not snowing, then I'll ride ... -
Conditional StatementsHello! I really want to improve on my conditionality. Especially when it comes to looking at the stimulus and, although it's not worded in tradition…
... statements into "if then" statements or drawing the "if then" statements out ... rephrasing "unless" into "if not x, then y" was intuitive, it ... we say "unless" a, then b, we're really pointing ... I see. If a is the necessary condition, then the conditional ... -
Conditional StatementsHello! I really want to improve on my conditionality. Especially when it comes to looking at the stimulus and, although it's not worded in tradition…
I approach every stimulus with an if/then as @"Allison M" mentioned -
What list of questions do you ask when going through RC?Hey guys! So, I find myself going through a list of questions whenever I approach an RC passage that has proven to be helpful and was wondering if yo…
Main Point for every paragraph
Author's POV
Other POVs
I also pay attention to language that indicates Logical Indicators (ie unless, if...then...). Seeing more and more of that in RC. -
What list of questions do you ask when going through RC?Hey guys! So, I find myself going through a list of questions whenever I approach an RC passage that has proven to be helpful and was wondering if yo…
... indicates Logical Indicators (ie unless, if...then...). Seeing more and more of ... -
What list of questions do you ask when going through RC?Hey guys! So, I find myself going through a list of questions whenever I approach an RC passage that has proven to be helpful and was wondering if yo…
... circle)
ie unless, without, if...then,
I want to ... -
Causation logicI'm looking at PT44-S2-Q20 and the explanation for why A) and D) are wrong raised a question for me. In the explanation, it sounds to me that just be…
thank you @c.janson35 ! putting it into if/then terms helps clarify the distinction. -
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... you did there.
If participants cannot discuss issues freely ... sufficient condition, notice the "if") THEN a public forum can lose ... If participants cannot discuss issues freely ( suff condition remains the same) THEN ... seems easy to me and if I'm wrong I' ... -
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 …
... " the sentence more if you change it into "if ...then..." form. The above ... -
translating a complex-conditional into lawgic"Without strength or endurance, the fight is all but lost." This is #5 on the quiz on complex conditional translations to lawgic. We are to tra…
... operator, just like 'not,' 'and,' 'if... then...' etc.
As ... 'or') are true, then the disjunction itself is also ... br /> So, the question arises, if the sentence, "Steve had both ... br /> It doesn't matter if this matches with your intuition ... -
Stuck at 163..Tips on RC?Thanks to this forum, all the comments I've seen are very supportive and helpful 163 LR:-2,-3 LG:-0 RC: -13 What are the recommendations fo…
... logically as 'and', 'or', or 'if, then', just ignore the incoherent layer ... make the sentence true; so, if you know what would make ... -
Doubt in necessary assumptionI was reading the Trainer and I came through a simple example "She does not consume too much caffeine because she only drinks one cup of coffee a da…
... understandable form. I like If-then.
If she consumes a substance ... that contains caffeine, then it’s ... coffee.
If that were true, then she might consume too ... -
could we ignore indicators in sentences with both group 3 and group 4 translations?In looking through the combination of conditional logic lessons on 7Sage and in The LSAT Trainer, I think I may have hit on a much more simple way to…
... first place. If peoples' instincts were that good, then they wouldn't ... if you just memorize that g3=g2 and g4=g1, then you ... takes the place of "then" in an if-then construction. When you equate ... then, I'd be hesitant, because if you can actually do that then ... -
Getting better on difficult gamesHi guys, I have been PT-ing and I noticed that the harder logic games, whether it be a grouping game or a rule driven linear game, really eat up m…
... to the conditional rules or if-then situations (which make for great ... -
Mastering logic gamesI'm currently working on the logic games bundle. While I've been getting -1 or -2 per game untimed I continue to test every answer choice even after …
... the correct answer (MBT/F, if-then inference) or narrows down potential ... in a significant advantage or, if a key inference being tested ... -
When you see a Question will involve heavy Lawgic do you map it out right away?For LR clearly. When you see a question involves heavy Lawgic say MBT MBF Parallel reasoning etc.. Do you start mapping the lawgic right away or rea…
If it's a question type ... for indicator words like "if...then...unless" etc. If so, I'll go ... -
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…
... the statement to negate in If/Then statements. By "exact opposite," ... . So for example, if I said "If a dog is sick ... lazy"). Does that make sense? Then, if the negated statement severely weakens ... or destroys the argument, then the original statement is a ... -
How to diagram UNLESS conditional logicHow do you diagram unless, except, only if, and if but only if? Especially unless, I'm super confused. I have been told to negate the left stateme…
... it to: If I don't get an A, then I don ... 't go out tonight?
Also if it ... /> So then I would diagram: If I get an A, then I stayed ... diagramming how to produce an if then statement because I know how ... diagram once i have an if then statement -
7 sage logic games.Hi guys so I just started the logic games part of the curriculum. It seems like JY's videos focus a lot less on teaching you inference rules/tricks/n…
... J.Y. teaches.
If I'm understanding you correctly ... , "When you have two if-->then statements you can make such ... going to find tricks. And if you do, they will be ... -
Diagramming UNLESSI cannot seem to understand this for the various ways unless can appear in a sentence. I have been told to replace the unless with if not but also th…
... when putting unless statements in if then form?
