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Translating sentences into lawgicThis question is taken from the Group 1 Group 2 Translation exercise but I'm finding recurring instances of odd translations into conditional lawgic.…
... the correct ordering of the necessary and sufficient conditions, regardless of always. ... guides us in determining the necessary sufficient conditions in sentences with ... guideposts in grammar and language that flag possible necessary/sufficient conditions, but ... -
Key words for biconditionersCan anyone please tell me if there are key words that indicate the rule is a biconditional rule? for some reason I thought it was only "if and only …
Keywords include: "if and only if", "necessary and sufficient", "just in case", "just". Some other connectives can also be expressed equivalently in terms of biconditionals, such as the exclusive-or ("one, but not both"). -
Conditional Logic Help!!Hey Everyone, Needed some help with this conditional statement. "Deep empathy is required for full understanding of an individual's actions. I…
... that Internal Empathy is sufficient for partial understanding. However ... open minded is a necessary and sufficient condition for using the ... /> On the LSAT, the sufficient term is usually a singular ... sufficient conditions. This leads to a lot of difficult and ... -
Conditional Logic Help!!Hey Everyone, Needed some help with this conditional statement. "Deep empathy is required for full understanding of an individual's actions. I…
@Daniel.Sieradzki : awesome explanation! Especially how you reconciled both the instructor's and @"Cant Get Right" 's diagrams by explaining how Open Minded functions as both a necessary and sufficient condition. Brilliant. -
How much can I imporve my LSAT?I know this is a common topic, however I'm new to this forum sooooo I figured I might as well share my diagnostic and see if anyone has any advice or…
... of validity, the differences between necessary and sufficient assumptions, the differences between " ... most strongly supported" and "must be true," basic ... , existential quantifiers, logical indicators and their respective groups, negation, ... -
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Rant: The LSAT is, in some respects, ridiculous.In another thread, about Logical Games, which I didn't want to hijack: <blockquote>@BinghamtonDave<a href='/forums/discussion/comment/58838/#Comment…
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How Often to Take PrepTests?As part of my LSAT preparation, I am taking sporadic prep tests to gauge my strengths, weaknesses, and overall progress/improvement. If any of you do…
... "PSA/SA questions" are and what "BRing a test" ... they are acronyms for pseudo-sufficient assumption questions and sufficient assumption questions. BR'ing = ... when you circle any and all questions you are ... test, you go back and do those questions without any ... -
PT53.S1.Q18 - when a salesperson is successfulHello- Hoping for some insight on question 18. When I first began my LSAT studying journey, I found flaw questions to be very straight forward. Th…
... is sufficient for success in sales with what is necessary for ... success in sales. (Confuses necessary and sufficient conditions)
sufficient for C (i.e. ... necessary for success, we don't care about what may be sufficient ... -
LSAT getting "looser"?Maybe it's just me, but as I've been going through the PTs, I've noticed that recent LSATs increasingly contain answers that are hard to like. By tha…
... in terms of how questions and answers are phrased. However, ... correct answer that is both necessary and sufficient. They make total sense ... differences between the correct answer and a tempting trap answer ... think about these problems and not just rely on ... -
PT13.S2.Q7 - It is not correct that people of the USHey, yall! Would you say that AC B equals ambiguity? Sometimes I get equivocation and ambiguity mixed up but I eliminated equivocation here because "…
@hon132 whoa! Ok, you through me off with the necessary and sufficient stuff. I didn't see that at all. Let me go back and look at this one again. -
PT13.S2.Q7 - It is not correct that people of the USHey, yall! Would you say that AC B equals ambiguity? Sometimes I get equivocation and ambiguity mixed up but I eliminated equivocation here because "…
... though. The other commenter mentioned necessary and sufficient and that totally shocked me because ... , can you clear up the necessary and sufficient stuff? Is your explanation saying ... equivocation and ambiguity are the same?
September Test Takers - what are y'all studying right now?Hey all! Just wanted to see what others who are attempting to take the September test are studying right now..what's your study plan until the tes…
... to the styles of passages and question types. Science passages ... Be True/Must be False and Sufficient Assumption types because it gives ... felicity with the conditional chains and doing them faster. So ... games of similar types over and over in slightly different ...PT29.S4.Q17 - studies of the reliability of eyewitnessHello! I didn't see any prior discussions on this question, and it's confusing me a bit so I wanted to get some outside opinions! https://7sage.com/…
... has to do with, and indeed supports the conclusion. ... little bit of outside knowledge and assume that the police ... preference, which is arbitrary and irrelevant to anything that determines ... three pieces (BG, Support, and Sufficient Assumption respectively.)LR TriageAlright, 7Sagers. I asked for help on LG and got some great advice and improved vastly. Now we have almost two weeks until the Sept LSAT and my LR ne…
For pseudo sufficient assumption questions AND sufficient assumption questions, just use the ... premise, THEN conclusion". PSA and SA is essentially the same ... a but more broadly and wordy, if that makes ... not then just reading and connecting the dots works too ...LSAT PT Untimed?Hey everyone, So I was hoping you guys could give me some feedback on my recent LSAT studies. I am planning to eventually take the LSAT as I want…
... to understand the underlying logic and language of each stimulus/ ... these types of concepts, and each one goes pretty deep ... and has many fundamental subparts. ... of the relationship between a necessary and sufficient condition, all the time ...Conditional Reasoning; Relation to Premises and Conclusions?Hello Folks, I posted this in the powerscore forum as well, but it looks a little dead over there. I was hoping I might be able to pick someone's …
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>And then somehow, to my bafflment ... to decide what is the necessary and sufficient condition for choosing your answer ... mean by "what is the necessary and sufficient condition for choosing your answer ...Bi-conditional vs Not both rule confusionHi I was just wondering if someone could clear this up for me, because this confusion cost me quite a few points on in-out games, by making me hesit…
... biconditional relationship has a necessary and sufficient condition, so they ...
K--------->/M and /M-------->K, with ... contrapositives M------->/K and /K---------->M
sufficient to trigger it's necessary condition.Bi-conditional vs Not both rule confusionHi I was just wondering if someone could clear this up for me, because this confusion cost me quite a few points on in-out games, by making me hesit…
... biconditional relationship has a necessary and sufficient condition, so they ... > K--------->/M and /M-------->K, with ... contrapositives M------->/K and /K---------->M
sufficient to trigger it's necessary condition.
Happy Birthday Dillon!Let's wish a Happy Birthday to our friend who has always been there to help us all reach our dreams. Best wishes on your birthday, buddy! htt…
Happy Birfday, brother!!!
You are both necessary and sufficient to our success.Happy Birthday Dillon!Let's wish a Happy Birthday to our friend who has always been there to help us all reach our dreams. Best wishes on your birthday, buddy! htt…
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> Happy Birfday, brother!!!
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> You are both necessary and sufficient to our success.
Bi-conditional?
Dillon our success
(aka, always together)any tips on getting -3/-4 on LR?Hi all, So i've been studying since about September 2017 and I am continuously averaging about -10 on LR. LR is seriously my kryptonite :( and man…
> @EvetteCee I feel that mbt and Sufficient assumption give me a hard time. Thanks for the suggesting. I will start definitely start drilling.PT14.S4.Q9 - anyone who supports the new tax planI'm really having trouble with this question. Am I supposed to approach it as a sufficient assumption question though it's a flaw question? Thanks in…
... hid the common flaw and then obscured the way ... to being a confusion of necessary and sufficient, which is extremely common ... the recent December test and there were at least ... out on test day, and make sense to me now ... lonnnng time of reading and re-reading it to ...LSAT useful for Law school?I was recently spoke with my 3L friend and he told how skills tested by the Logic Games carry over to law school. He said that law is really a measu…
... apprehension of such a contact, and
(b) A harmful contact ... should! Because it's basically necessary and sufficient conditions!
IF we ... say liable = A; intent = B; and offensive contact = C, then this ...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…
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7) Confusing necessary and sufficient conditions (PT22, S2, Q25; PT17 ... . quantity
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19) Tradition fallacy and novelty fallacy
20 ...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…
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> < ... will go through them and update the OP so ...Parallel FlawFor parallel flaw questions, how do we go about finding the correct answer choice? Are we looking for invalid arguments? Are we looking for answers t…
... really analyzing the stimulus thoroughly and know what the flaw is ... flaw (if there is one), and look for the answer choice ... ) Not flawed
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C) Too small of ...PT60.S1.Q22 - One of the most useful social conventionsI am confused because the correct answer to this question seems like it's a necessary assumption and not a sufficient assumption, as the question ste…
... . Assumptions can be both necessary and sufficient. In this case AC ... A may not be necessary for this argument. The ... it has tricky language and the premises are basically ... mind, B,C,D and E are easy to eliminate ... is widely frowned upon and is a detriment to ...Quick question on NA and SA question types.Hi everyone. I have always thought NA questions are like inference questions in that their right answer will be true if the conclusion is true. And I…
Unlike Sufficient Assumptions which always and can only ever do ... an argument to validity--Necessary Assumptions exist on a ... they can actually be both necessary and sufficient. At other times they barely ... for something to truly be necessary. I think of them ...Sufficient condition vs necessary conditionI understand that necessary condition has to be 100% true while sufficient is more of a "good enough" explanation for if something else is true. But …
Your way of thinking that Necessary is 100% true, and Sufficient as "good enough ... on what these things are. Necessary and sufficient conditions are merely characteristics that ... other. If you have a sufficient/necessary relationship, when you meet the ...
