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What's the most LSAT way to weaken/strengthen this commonly featured argument?premise: Group A took medicine X. premise: Group B did not take medicine X. BUT identical results were found in both groups. conclusion: Hence, X …
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premise: Group B did not take ... think is the most LSAT way to strengthen(assumption)/weaken the argument above ... -
Having a tough time with weaken questions.Does anyone how I can improve on weaken questions? I really having a tough time with them. I understand you have to weaken the support the premis…
... I can improve on weaken questions? I really having ... I understand you have to weaken the support the premise gives the conclusion, but how? Am ... I questioning the premises? Is there something ... br />
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Repost LR Cheat Sheetreposting this I found from old thread, though you guys would find it helpful as well FAMILY # 1 is the PROVE family where the stimulus is taken…
... because weakening questions just attack the support between the premise and conclusion.
... ask you to strengthen the support between the premise and conclusion. So ... type you are supposed to weaken the support between the premise and conclusion
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LR Study Guide*I was sent this LR study guide a couple of months ago from a fellow 7Sager and it has been very helpful. It's not as detailed as some of the others…
... /> - The more assumptions the argument makes, the weaker the argument
- How to weaken an ... /> You must remove the support
• What support? The support the premise provide to the conclusion
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I thought "some" statements don't have the ability to strengthen or weaken?I've seen lots of debate over whether or not some statements have the ability to strengthen or weaken arguments. The general consensus seems to be th…
... statements have the ability to strengthen or weaken arguments. The general ... consensus seems to be that they cannot strengthen or weaken ... case it would not weaken the argument. Why should I ... have to make the assumption that the answer choice applies ... -
PT22.S2.Q20 - pieces of music consist of soundshttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-22-section-2-question-20/ I got this one correct by POE, but I am having a lot of trouble explicitly underst…
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This is a flaw/weaken question.
If it ... is not. The "reading" analogy is evidence in support of the conclusion, not ... how this actually attacks the relationship between the premise and conclusion. This answer ... -
58.1.24 The Kiffer Forest PreserveI had a very tough time with this question, can someone evaluate my analysis of A, D, and E for me? This is a weaken question. The Kiffer Fores…
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The Kiffer Forest Preserve (KFP ... , but is that support for the idea that the entire valley's population ... this is wrong because to weaken the argument, you have to assume ... -
RC Annotation Method and BR (GNP vs. Human Indicators passage)Hey guys after watching Nicole Hopkins' webinar on RC Methods and Jimmy Quicksilver's webinar on RC Question Types and Tips I thought it would be hel…
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• Gives support for the author’s last point that ...
D) Wrong: The passage doesn’t support this because it doesn ... then it would weaken the response given by the author, however you ... This is simply a premise that supports the author’s conclusion, ... -
PT32.S1.Q17 - A possible explanation for answer choice CSee here: https://7sage.com/lesson/the-embezzler-weaken-question The Embezzler (weaken EXCEPT question) This question gave a lot of people trou…
... ://7sage.com/lesson/the-embezzler-weaken-question
The Embezzler (weaken EXCEPT question ... contradict the conclusion and (2) avoids the assumptions that provide the support from premise to ... -
PT30.S4.Q20 - consumer advocate: the introduction of a new drughttps://7sage.com/lesson/introducing-new-drugs-strengthen-question Looking to get a better idea of the logic on answer choice E, which is an incor…
... to alternatives strengthens the argument, given the premises.
... on the market.” The argument provides the necessary ... the premise as true, that is affirming the necessary condition of the ... the argument is not applying a rule, but rather trying to support ... -
weaken questionfrom he lecture i understand that to find out the right answer choice for weaken question, i need to keep two thing in my mind 1. the ans choice is …
... to find out the right answer choice for weaken question, i need ... in my mind
1. the ans choice is that , which ... seen in the premise which is missing from the premise,
2. the ans choice ... which if we add in premise the conclusion will fail.
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PT31.S3.Q12 - several recent studiesHi Gents and ladies, Just a curious note on a confusion that I have. Question is here: https://7sage.com/lesson/serious-medical-condition-weaken…
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I knew C is the one to support ... , but isn't A something wrong too?
In the ... , JY says don't question the premise, but isn't A doing ... -
Panda's guide to answer all SA, PSA, Strengthen and WeakenHi Guys, I think I have spent a lot of effort in coming this up and I want to share with you my hypothesis to see what you guys think about this …
... ) Every SA, PSA, Strengthen, and weaken is an argument. Therefore, there ... or term is always in the premise and another is always in ... .com/lesson/new-appliance-models-weaken-question/
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Flaws between Premise & Sub-conclusion vs. Sub-conclusion & Main ConclusionI just worked through PT 44.4.20 and noticed the flaw traced to the lack of support between the premise and sub-conclusion. This is the first time I'…
... and noticed the flaw traced to the lack of support between the premise and ... sub-conclusion. This is the ... ve encountered a question where the flaw hasn't been ... of question, or does the LSAT usually focus on Sub ... -
Quick weakening/attack premises questionI had a quick question - based on the 7sage lessons on weakening, you never directly attack a premise or conclusion; rather, you take support away fr…
... ; rather, you take support away from the premise(s). So, a ... answer choice DOES directly attack the premise? And if so, ... 're not actually attacking the premise, it just looks like ... weaken an argument."
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Mistakes by LR Question typeHope this helps others: #1. **Weakening (Except)** ○ I assumed that the correct answer choice (which would need to be the one that did not…
... to be the one that did not
weaken the argument) ... needed to be one that strengthened the argument. ... as something that does not weaken
#2. ... and instead mistakenly focused on the premise/support that is
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PT3.S2.Q25 - the public in the united statesI can't see why E is a better AC that D. Any thoughts? Flaw Argument Summary: Context: The presence of X has conditioned the US to support a …
... has conditioned the US to support a substantial defense budget.
Premise 1 ... : X is gone.
Conclusion: Doubtful that the public will support ... /Z, but provides no support for that in the argument.
Some tough LR questions WRECK Premise. When does this happen/Cookie cutters for this?Hey all, So i know like 90% of LR weaken and other questions attack relationship btw premise and conclusion. But some actually attack the premi…
... and one of the weaken answer choices just wrecked the premise. the question is correlation ... causation, but one one weaken answer ... a couple other weaken questions where they go after the premise.
Weaken questionsHi guys, One question ! I am actually not understanding how I should approach Weakening questions. I understand that you have to identify the prem…
... have to identify the premise (s) and conclusion of the stimulus, but from ... as soon as I see the answer choices. Any advices ? ... that we should not attack the premise and conclusion of a ... Score the book said to weaken an argument by attacking a premise or ...Rare argument form: the "Tether" assumptionHey everyone, Across my studies, one thing that I have tried to do with LR is to look at arguments as repetitions of older forms of arguments. Tryi…
... an unstated/unknown dock in the premise. A necessary assumption here ... my conclusion to that in the premise.
... conclusion to in the premise, does indeed possess the property that ... might also be asked to weaken this argument structure.
Difficulty Understanding Support!Based on the LR problems I'm getting wrong (Weakening/Strengthening, Necessary Assumption, MSS, etc.) I think I'm having difficulty understanding sup…
... understanding support. Or at least understanding it concretely. For example with weaken ... that I can't weaken the premises or the conclusion, and I know ... mapping out arguments. But the idea of support still feels kind of ...PT2.S2.Q18 - Learning how to build a nest plays an importantHi, I do not understand the answer and why it is correct. Can you please break AC sentence down completely? Black Birds Nesting I identif…
... /> I identified the question stem
(Weaken) the argument-->(Identify premise, conclusion, context ... need to destroy the support, lessen the support, attack the support that makes the conclusion true.
PT28.S1.Q24 - We ought to pay attention only to the intrinsic propertiesHey guys, I had a difficult time eliminating answer choice C on this one. I do understand why A is correct but I can't 100% eliminate C. Explanatio…
... not S would allow the portion of the conclusion, R--->not S ... to follow via R--> ... in Premise 2) as E-->not R, as the contrapositive of R--> ... ;Intrinsic?
The way ...Do explanation sentences in an argument offer support?If a sentence gives an explanation, does this mean the sentence offers support? I've run into this issue twice on argument part questions. 70.1.17 wa…
... does this mean the sentence offers support? I've run ... is real.
Premise 1: Global temperatures are ... the premise. Does that explaining sentence give support to anything? Is an explanation the ... same as support?Help with Weakening QuestionsI'm currently drilling weakening question types and they're honestly giving me a really hard time. I feel confident about my task: find something tha…
... task: find something that weakens the support between the premise and conclusion. I have ... found that really understanding the stimulus before ... anticipating a possible way to weaken the stimulus is really hurting me ...The "Just Because" Test: A framework for Evaluating ArgumentsThe vast majority of LR questions turn on your ability to see the gap between premise and conclusion. If you can understand why the premise is good o…
... understand why the premise is good or bad support for the conclusion, the question type ... is pretty simple. First, identify the premise and conclusion. Then ask yourself ... why the premise isn't really great support for the conclusion. This is the first ...PT14.S4. Q9- Anyone who supports the new tax planI have been reading through some of the previous posts regarding this question, and they have really helped me understand the stimulus and why it is …
... Basically, the author gave us the following premise:
S= support new ... ) we should've had the following as our premise:
premise, we would have been ... the author's flaw was a mistaken reversal error (in premise ...PT31.S2.Q19 - "If the flowers Drew received..."**#help** **Question link:** https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-31-section-2-question-19/ Ok, I'm all on board with the correct answer an…
... RC "weaken" questions whose correct answer does directly attack the conclusion. In ... being asked to weaken the **argument**, which requires weakening the support b/w premises ... and conclusion, rather than just the conclusion ...PT33.S1.Q20 - I thought we weren't allowed to attack the premises for strengthen/weaken questionsSo this particular question has about 8 years worth of comments and about as much time's worth of confusion regarding why D weakens the argument beca…
... seems to be attacking a premise, namely the one stating that these ... D not just going after the premise of the argument? I thought we ... make is that the premise isn't stating that the cave painters actually ... a premise, so I'm still stuck. And the way the stimulus ..."New Concepts" in the Conclusion - Explicitly *ask* whether you see anyI was posting this as a comment to a thread in which someone asked for a "trick" to identifying assumptions. But I thought it'd be more useful as its…
... strengthen/weaken): ask whether there is a "new" concept in the conclusion ... are different from the "most of the homeless" in the premise. The argument is assuming ... would undermine the argument by making the premise irrelevant. (Notice that if the premise said ...
