Chap 3: Flashcards
The most important words in an Argument (The power players) **Certainty
-Must (Always, Every single time, No Exception ever you can not get of doing this no matter what.) Cannot (Never, Impossible in any circumstance, No way.)
The most important words in an Argument (The power players) **Possibility
Could (Possible, there a chance, maybe might encompass both something unlikely and something likely may or may not.) Not Necessarily (Does not have to be the case literally “not must” could be an exception not guarantee.)
Loophole:
-is a statement that, If true, would destroy the conclusion - Questions authority. We are putting every conclusion to the what-if test.
Translation and cluster game plan:
1, Recognize cluster sentences in stimuli. Choose not to panic. 2. Look for your friend, the comma. If commas are present deploy the comma trick. 3. When you get confused, translate small, manageable chunks of the sentence one at a time. 4. Translate everything! use your translation as you work through each question.
Very Important note Re Conclusions:
When a word or concept used in premises, we can connect them to come up with new idea. ** think of this as what the two premises were trying to say without actually doing the work of saying it.
Nested Claims:
When someone besides the Au makes a claim this is called nested claim. **They are a description of how someone believes something If the Author concludes anything themselves they will use a nested claim as a premise. But if the Author does not make a Conclusion the nested claim becomes the conclusion.
How to attacked on Augments
- Always ask why is the conclusion is supposed to be true. - Always assume there is something being left out of what the Author choose present to you. - Never attack the truth of the premises attack what the premises purposefully are not telling you.
Arguments on Inferences game plan:
- Memorize the premise and conclusion indicators now. Always Identify. 2. Most Lsat conclusion are invalid. Expect the premises not to add up. 3. Look at the gap between the premises. “Knock the cake to the ground.” 4. Inferences are just valid conclusion you draw from premise sets yourself. Remember this when you seeing premise sets in real LSAT sections.
Power Players and Argument parts: **Certainty Premises:
** Must premise = Strong Evidence. ** Cannot premise = Strong Evi
Power Players and Argument parts: **Possibility premise
** Could premise = Weak Evi ** Not Necessary premise = Weak Evi