How to tell when you’re looking at LSAT conditional reasoning

LSAT conditional Reasoning isn’t the easiest thing to grasp. Especially when you’re throwing around things like contrapositive, mistaken reversal and mistaken negations. I get it - it’s easy to get bogged down.

To get started, it’s best to get the basics of LSAT conditional reasoning down first.

Here’s a quick explanation of sufficient and necessary conditions:
The sufficient condition:
-appears to the left of the arrow when "symbolized"
-is often indicated by the words "if" and "when"
-is enough to cause the necessary condition to follow, but it's not necessarily required for the necessary condition to occur
-serves as the evidence



The necessary condition:
-appears to the right of the arrow when "symbolized" 
-is often indicated by the words "then" and "must"
-often appears after a comma
-is required by the sufficient condition
-serves as the conclusion


Why this is important:
Breaking down which parts of the argument are sufficient and necessary allows you to determine the evidence and conclusion. This helps you figure out potential flaws and opportunities to strengthen/weaken the argument.

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Next time we’ll get into some insights from Andy who increased his score 15 points to a 169 



Keep up the great work!
Steve


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