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PTB.S1.Q19 - Carbon 14/land/water and when did life begin?Here was my original notes: this argument feels wrong ... like... it tells us that land life began NOT 0.5 billion years ago but probably like 1.2 b…
... my original notes:
this argument feels wrong ... like... it tells ... from plants but from soil and stuff. This directly supports my ... are ACTUALLY 1.2 billion and not some ERRONEOUS number ... point" (pointing at the fish and stuff), but somehow was totally ... -
Posting on Behalf of a 7Sage User: Circular Reasoning Argument**[I am posting on behalf of a 7Sage user. Please feel free to leave your comments below. Thank you for your help!]** What is an example of a circ…
... example of a circular reasoning argument? Additionally, I typically have started ... is correct for assessing LR and RC answer choices? #help -
PT1.S3.Q19 - Train service suffers when a railroad combines...When I do Necessary Assumption Question, I prefer to negate the Answer Choice and then test whether the argument becomes invalid. But this question c…
When I do Necessary Assumption Question, I prefer to negate the Answer Choice and then test whether the argument becomes invalid. But this question confused me. Can anybody help me explain the question by negating and testing? -
Why can you not edit a reply after 5 mins, or delete it?...So as it turns out, I wrote a reply, 7Sage did not recognize the way I wrote a Some Arrow and just turned all of those instances into blank space. Th…
... I wrote a Some Arrow and just turned all of those ... I tried to run through and edit it with less than ... can not delete it either? And this website has been around ... : https://7sage.com/lesson/advanced-valid-forms-review/ then select Most Likes ... -
Tips on How To Remain Calm and Focused doing drills, PTs, and the LSAT?Hey everyone. I am doing the core curriculum and have noticed a lot of my answers I get wrong are because I simply read the answer choice wrong / arg…
... am doing the core curriculum and have noticed a lot of ... read the answer choice wrong / argument wrong because I was so ... learned went down the drain and was like I didn't ... -
PrepTest 3 - Section 2 - Question 13Bee -> sting once Sting once ————— Bee A-> B B ————— A A) Spring -> Sneeze nonstop Sneeze —————— Spring C) Old + brittle -> move w…
... w care (still valid argument whereas the stimulus is invalid).
D) Only ... -
Having trouble with drawing valid conclusions 1I just did the skill builder for drawing valid conclusions 1 and I can't wrap my head around it at all is there any other better more in depth explan…
I just did the skill builder for drawing valid conclusions 1 and I can't wrap my head around it at all is there any other better more in depth explanation for it? -
For April and June: final list of pre-August 2024 section difficultiesThroughout my LSAT journey, I have referred constantly to [this post](https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/24333/spoiler-alert-summer-2020-updat…
... 2020-update-to-7sages-hardest-and-most-difficult-lsat-sections), ... . Given how many 4- and 5-star difficulty sections have ... would recommend against neglecting RC and perhaps even going through ... listed above have outdated question forms and may be better for ... -
Two conditional indicators. What do we do when there are two conditional indicators? For example: No student is chosen for Gryffindor unless they exhibit bravery. The…
... → A
The argument is invalid.
How come it ... ->/exhibit bravery? indicator “no” and indicator “unless” make negate sufficient ... condition and negate necessary condition. If we ... -
Argument Part - Answer Choices w/ AssumptionsIn the new version of the core curriculum, the way JY teaches Argument Part questions, he tells us to beware of answer choices that use language like…
... curriculum, the way JY teaches Argument Part questions, he tells us ... lot of sense to me and still does! However, PT39, S2 ... an "assumption" role in the argument if it is explicitly stated ... to ever have a correct Argument Part answer choice reference an ... -
Struggling to make the connection between the premises and the conclusion. Please help!So, I can identify the conclusion and the support for the argument, but I'm having a hard time understanding the relationship between them. For some …
... the conclusion and the support for the argument, but I ... br /> Once I identify the argument, I get stuck trying to ... either the right one and the wrong one, or ... thinking it's wrong, and for the former, I ... Academy to do drills, and for strengthen/weaken questions, ... -
PT94.S4.Q14 - Science writer: Scientists often acceptI figured since there is no explanation video on this one, I'd offer my two cents. Please feel free to respond if my explanation is lacking anything …
... at all a valid way of supporting the argument. I mean we ... arguments based on human emotions and is it right that doing ... lead to so many biases and flawed groundless conclusions.
and that there is actually some ... -
Negation of "A and B"I really don’t understand where this rule ” For conditionals, A and B negates to A → /B ” came from or how it would be applicable to the actual exam.…
... rather than both A and B being true simultaneously, ... necessary condition of A and thus can’t exist ... negation of the conjunction “and” in conditional relationships as ... being A and B → C negated to ... premises A and B as part of the argument a ... -
Sufficient and necessary / denying and affirmingI just want to confirm my understanding on this. Are these true? If sufficient fails then no valid conclusions about the necessary condition,…
... If sufficient fails then no valid conclusions about the necessary condition ... hence we can have a valid conclusion.
If ... hence we can have a valid conclusion, but if necessary ... affirmed then no valid conclusion.
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PT17 S3 Q12 - ad's effect on cigarette smokersHey! I am having trouble understanding why A is incorrect. I do see how and why D works but I can't understand why A doesn't. Here, we are given …
... I do see how and why D works but I ... between the ad, price increase and drop in smoking. From ... be the correct AC. And any AC that knocks out ... to other forms of tobacco seems like a valid alternate cause ... is such a small percentage and it is entirely reasonable ... -
Difference in Argument Structure : Help!Hi I was wondering if someone can give examples, and ways to tell a difference between the two argument structures, and how to tell them apart in a s…
... a difference between the two argument structures, and how to tell them ... -
Clarifying QuestionIs A->B A->C therefore, B some C a valid argument, since A-m-> B and A-m->C therefore B some C is valid.
Is A->B A->C therefore, B some C a valid argument, since A-m-> B and A-m->C therefore B some C is valid. -
Clarification of "strengthen the argument"Hi all, I recently answered a question (PrepTest 112 - Section 3 - Question 26) during a drill that confused me. In short, there was an argument a…
... true, most strengthens the argument that there is a ... which most strengthens the argument provided in the stimulus ... identical inclusions, and one includes the other. And, through process ...
All opinions are invited and appreciated!
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Flaw Questions and Test TipsHello I am taking the January LSAT next week and I have two questions. I am struggling with flaw questions when its not one of the common flaws liste…
... the January LSAT next week and I have two questions. I ... see if its descriptively accurate and weakens but I am still ... to not negate the premises and conclusions, but some of the ... many ways to destroy an argument.
I feel like ... -
Why am I getting confused between strengthening and weaking an argument?I started out doing really good on weakening questions. When the strengthening questions came into play, they were a bit more difficult. Now that the…
I started out doing really good on weakening questions. When the strengthening questions came into play, they were a bit more difficult. Now that they are intermixing, I am extremely overwhelmed and confused. Any tips? -
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…
... if the argument is valid. Please note that "the argument is valid" is different ... from "the premise is true and the ... (with other assumptions and the existing conclusion) a valid argument. In other words ... -
Quiz on conditional indicatorsHi, does anyone know where I can find the flashcards to practice conditional indicators? Thank you!
Dude, just pick up some paper flash card from the 99C store and make some. One card for each group. Four cards in total. -
PT54.S2.Q24 - 1.3 billion cows worldwidehttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-54-section-2-question-24/ i'm having a hard time understanding the answer for PT 54.2.24 ("there are 1.3 b…
... way down to the second and last sentence, we are ... with methane, high quality diet, and reduction of methane (which is ... the cattle produce less meat and milk, and so we would need ... satisfy demand which makes your argument invalid. YOU TREE-HUGGER!"
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Valid Causality - Does it Exist (on LSAT)?Subject says it all. I am hypersensitive to noting that several events occurring together is always correlative (yet often mistakenly construed by au…
... it out for argument's sake:
Valid
Causation--> ... ; Correlation
/Correlation--> /Causation
Invalid ... -
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…
... parents. This isn't a valid argument because just because free day ... link between the premise and conclusion in an argument, but the 'out ... us from crappy argument to less crappy argument. And every LSAT argument is crappy ... -
PT14.S4.Q09 - anyone who supports the new tax planHi! I am having difficulty with predicting descriptive flaw questions. If anyone has done this question can you please explain to me how the correct …
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Here's what the valid argument would look like, with the ... to utilize your skills again and again
... determine how to translate sentences and how to determine what ... english statements into lawgic quickly and accurately, far better than ... -
Sufficient Assumptions destroying meSufficient Assumption questions are killing me. Anyone have this problem and how have you overcome it?
... , and strengthen questions are all asking you to make the argument better ... to the stimulus, the argument becomes a valid argument. PSA questions come as ... the questions. That withstanding, knowing and understanding the distinction can still ... -
Plans for Last Week before June LSATHey guys, what's everyone planning re: their prep for the final week? I'm going to continue on business as usual, writing PT 70 tomorrow, PT 71 Thurs…
... much time writing your PS and supplemental essays (if applicable) for ... wrong answer. just make a valid argument. anywhoo that's my plan ... not study the day before and just do a lil bit ... -
PT7.S4.Q10 - famous personalities found guilty of many types of crimesHey everybody, I'm drilling some Cambridge MSS questions and Im having some trouble with the idea of them. I think of them as "Must Be True" ques…
... you are incorrect. Both MSS and MBT are inference questions. ... on the basis of evidence and reasoning. If a passage ... "reasonably concluded."
A valid argument is one where, assuming the ... difference between must be true and maybe true. The MBT ... -
Cheat Sheet - LR question typesFor LR reasoning is there a cheat sheet out there that summarizes all the strategies by question type?
... you read in the stimulus and what do you know on ... take information from the stimulus and then stretch that information to ... to the argument, it’s not going to be fully valid.
and sufficient assumption for the conclusion to be valid. This ...
