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Difference b/t sufficient and necessary assumption questions (formal logic)It really helps me understand the concepts of assumption questions by looking at it formally. Could someone check my logic? So say we have a premi…
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{A (and) (A->B) (and) (B->C) (and) C} -> ... superfluous premises, neither necessary nor sufficient. Your conclusion is conditional, i.e ... particular man.
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The Hardest LR Question of All Time - Preptest 29 Number 17 LR Studies of the reliability of eyewitnOk, I am joking about this being the hardest LR question of all time. Of course, there have been harder questions, but for some reason, this one took…
... questions sometimes are phrased as conditional statements that often function as ... a weak argument. Supplying a necessary assumption plugs up a potential hole ... . And every LSAT argument is crappy; strengthening, or providing a necessary assumption, simply ... -
Cheat Sheet - LR question typesFor LR reasoning is there a cheat sheet out there that summarizes all the strategies by question type?
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3. Assumption and Weakening Questions
- Assumptions are ... question types rely heavily on conditional logic and diagramming/mapping
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NA question typesI was wondering if anyone has found a way that works best to approach these question types? If so, PLEASE share.
... SA questions require adding a conditional premise, filling in a gap ... two terms.
With Necessary Assumption questions, I found that I ... to be both A --> AND B--> C.
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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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Negating the Conditional Idea to Existential IdeaHello all, I was wondering what type of questions we’ll see that require us to pick an answer choice where we are negating the conditional idea or wh…
... denying a Necessary assumption absolutely devastates an argument. And that’s ... to negate a stated Necessary Assumption. That would be ... These are equivalent statements, and you understand negation -> ... but anything concerning conditional reasoning is in play ... -
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 correct answer for every necessary assumption question I've seen since ... things down into symbolic conditional statements and formulas and just think it through ... makes little sense and is no longer a conditional statement. It's ... -
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…
... make the conclusion a necessary assumption in a conditional and then affirm the sufficient ... the necessary must be true (Woah, that’s a really meta conditional ... " introduces a sufficient assumption and “only if” introduces a necessary assumption. That’s why ... -
LSAT - Where to start<b>Background</b> Just a little background for a moment, I am about to enter my third year of undergrad at a school with an 85% acceptance rate ( D:…
... jumping around the curriculum and skipping everything I already ... as I watched the necessary assumption lessons. I got ... conditional relationships until that moment. That was definitely a turning point, and ... , completely start over, and trust the 7Sage methods. ... -
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…
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A necessary and sufficient answer choice would be ... necessary condition for getting your black belt. Denying this conditional ... over 1-3 star necessary assumption questions to get a ... -
Need Advice, a Miracle or maybe JesusHello All, I am one those people that when in a group chat, I just let everyone talk and occasionally respond with a "yes" or "no." Similarly, I h…
... to ignore really understand conditional logic and sufficient and necessary assumption indicators. After I went ... back and revised JY's lessons ... -
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…
... almost impenetrable necessary assumption question. TBH, I enjoy questions on nature and wildlife ... to a discussion on the necessary assumption question. The LSAT question on ... answer choice that reverses the conditional relationship and subtly formulated in a ... -
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…
... simple that the necessary assumption is actually the sufficient assumption. I am in ... consider a sufficient assumption. What is interesting here and what I think ... us is to negate a conditional statement and then understand how that ... -
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…
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Necessary Assumption:
1. correct AC can't be a conditional chain ... contain an assumption; thus not MBT. Most conditional statements will ... will strengthen the argument and destroy the argument if ... conclusion. We can counter and show that x is ... -
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 ... the necessary assumption being negated. Let me try and explain ... 4 hours, we have this conditional conclusion
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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…
... and doesn't have to be done for every stimulus with conditional ... 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.
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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 ... a correlation in the premises and, then, concluding causation. See ... ://7sage.com/lesson/causation/ and do that whole section, in ... alternate cause can be a necessary assumption of every causation argument ... -
Cambridge Packet ListsIdk if ppl are still looking for this but I just ran across this site on TLS. https://180pedia.com/lsat-cambridge-packet-lists/ The packets from all…
... a less time consuming alternative and you end up with ... a question to get a necessary assumption/ strengthening answer, after you ... focusing on question type and not by focusing on ... example causal arguments/phenomena hypothesis/conditional etc, you will be ... -
might be a dumb question...Which type of questions in the logical reasoning section require the use of Suf/Nec and their negation? I have a good idea of how this works, I under…
... need a good understanding of conditional logic to do well on ... :
Assumption Family questions (Sufficient Assumption, Necessary assumption), Inference/MBT, Parallel Reasoning, and Parallel Flaw ... -
I suck at assumption questionsHey 7Sagers, I've been studying for at least a year now But for some reason I have so much trouble trying to correctly answer Assumption, Suffici…
... trouble trying to correctly answer Assumption, Sufficient Assumption and Necessary Assumption questions. I have gone ... over the curriculum and been utilizing negation tests, conditional logic, etc. But ... -
I suck at assumption questionsHey 7Sagers, I've been studying for at least a year now But for some reason I have so much trouble trying to correctly answer Assumption, Suffici…
... trying to correctly answer Assumption, Sufficient Assumption and Necessary Assumption questions. I have gone ... over the curriculum and been utilizing negation tests, conditional logic, etc ... trouble setting up which conditional statements piece together. But ... -
Practice Test Inconsistency:I have the LSAT Starter course and have completed the CC. I have been practice testing now and am slated to take the test in September. My PT scor…
... easy, **medium and hard**problem sets, and access to the question ... types? not getting the conditional logic? It just seems ... be discouraged! Be encouraged and proud of yourself. The ... my weaknesses are flaw, necessary assumption, RRE, and weaken. I also know ... -
Practice Test Inconsistency:I have the LSAT Starter course and have completed the CC. I have been practice testing now and am slated to take the test in September. My PT scor…
... easy, **medium and hard**problem sets, and access to the question ... types? not getting the conditional logic? It just seems ... be discouraged! Be encouraged and proud of yourself. The ... my weaknesses are flaw, necessary assumption, RRE, and weaken. I also know ... -
I keep falling for the "oldest trick in the book" - sufficiency/necessity LR questionsAt first, it was quite easy for me to identify and correctly label conditional statements. But, now that I am nearly 60% through with the CC (curren…
... necessary/sufficient, I would simply recommend going back to the basics and ... These are too important and there's really no ... assumption statements are usually written as conditional statements whereas necessary ... CC for now and drill and learn these concepts. ... -
conditional statement in LRi am in the middle of my CC about the different indicators that are broken down into groups 1-4, however this is my first time studying for the LSAT…
... the sections on Sufficient Assumption and Necessary Assumption. If you haven' ... few times and diagram on paper all the conditional statements ... question (most importantly conditionality and causality). After 3 ... 4 untimed sections (and lots of regularly reviewing ... -
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…
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Assumption in one and a Necessary assumption in the other ... very rarely use conditional lawgic. I try and read it ... to the brim with lawgic and conditional statements. (Hence why J ... -
PT82.S4.Q13 - Computer voice recognition technologyHey all, I don't know if this is allowed, so moderators please step in if it isn't--I just wanted to see if anyone could provide an explanation (espe…
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I equated DBH and IRU because I mean if ... homophones such as "their" and "there," doesn't that ... assumption required was just showing that the necessary condition of the conditional ... -
How to go back to curriculumI recently watched the "Post CC Strategies" webinar and something that he had mentioned as apart of the first phase of taking PTs is that we should b…
... how to find the necessary assumption in core curriculum would ... really helpful. Was the argument conditional, causal, phenomena hypothesis or ... answer choices and consider each of them and how they ... behind the stimulus is and how to perform different ... -
"Until" as a logical indicatorHi all, I'm not through the CC yet (obviously). When learning logical indicators, I'm trying to reason my way through them, because I know I will fo…
... you satisfy the necessary condition of a conditional..." No, shut up ... br /> > (3) complete and accurate translation:
> Bob ... accept the potentially unwarranted assumption that the mom was ... as introducing only a necessary condition and not also a ... -
foolproof LRAny suggestions on how to "foolproof" LR, especially LR questions you got wrong? Also, any advice on how to get better at identifying and underst…
... type, strengthen, weaken, and in necessary assumption as well. Each time ... understand the argument structure and can apply, just ... the questions that require conditional logic without drawing anything ... keep working and reviewing those drills and quizzes in core ...
