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Necessary and Sufficient Assumption versus Justify questions

Post by Kharon542 » Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:55 pm

Hey everyone,
I'm currently reading the Manhattan LR book. Earlier this I read the LR Bible. The concept of necessary and sufficient assumption is a little tricky for me. Are sufficient assumptions and justify questions the same thing? In the Bible they say adaption questions can be negated but I find that sufficient assumptions cannot, just like justify questions. Also, both sufficient and justify can add the answer plus extraneous information yet necessary questions can not.

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Re: Necessary and Sufficient Assumption versus Justify questions

Post by CardozoLaw09 » Sun Apr 21, 2013 12:32 am

Josh4737 wrote: Are sufficient assumptions and justify questions the same thing?
Yes
Josh4737 wrote:In the Bible they say adaption assumption? questions can be negated but I find that sufficient assumptions cannot
This is true, a necessary assumption question can be negated to verify if the answer is correct - if the negated version undermines the conclusion then that A/C is most likely your answer. However this technique does not apply for sufficient assumption questions.

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Re: Necessary and Sufficient Assumption versus Justify questions

Post by Kharon542 » Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:05 am

Thank you very much for the clarification!

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Re: Necessary and Sufficient Assumption versus Justify questions

Post by LSAT Blog » Sun Apr 21, 2013 12:29 pm

CardozoLaw09 wrote:
Josh4737 wrote: Are sufficient assumptions and justify questions the same thing?
Yes
Josh4737 wrote:In the Bible they say adaption assumption? questions can be negated but I find that sufficient assumptions cannot
This is true, a necessary assumption question can be negated to verify if the answer is correct - if the negated version undermines the conclusion then that A/C is most likely your answer. However this technique does not apply for sufficient assumption questions.
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