Sufficient —> Necessary Flashcards

1
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Necessary questions how to approach

A

Identify the conclusion and the relevant premises

Look 👀 for conditional relationship

Look 👀 for linking ( new word in conclusion)

Paraphrase

Answer NEEDS to be true (MBT) - how do I know? - NEGATION

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2
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Necessary questions- If conditional statements ( rare)

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Diagram

Anticipate the missing relationship or it’s contra positive

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Necessary questions- if no conditional statements

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Look for an equivocation ( link) between the premises and conclusion (identify new term)
Identify other assumptions made by the argument
Identify flaws in the argument to look for answer choice that will fix flaw

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4
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Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends

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Necessary question

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5
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Which one of the following is an assumption required by the ——— argument

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Necessary question

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6
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Correct answer for necessary question

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An assumption must be true in order for the conclusion to be properly inferred

When negated the correct answer choice destroys the argument ( link between premises and conclusion)

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7
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Wrong answer to necessary questions

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Statements that are irrelevant to the conclusion
Strong statements ( does , must, always, only , all) or too specific
Statements that are outside the scope
Are converse or inverse of the assumption

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8
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Argument ASSUMEs

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Necessary question

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9
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Look for WILL

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Identify temporal flaw and fix the flaw

Correct answer will have words like “NOT”

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10
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If

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Sufficient

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11
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When

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Sufficient

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12
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Whenever

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Sufficient

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13
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All

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Sufficient

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14
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Any

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Sufficient

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15
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Each

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Sufficient

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16
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Every

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Sufficient

17
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Then

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Necessary

18
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Only

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Necessary

19
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Only if

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Necessary

20
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Only When

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Necessary

21
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Needs

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Necessary

22
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Requires

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Necessary

23
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Must

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Necessary

24
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The only

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Sufficient

25
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IF WHEN AAEE —> MUST RONT/ EWUU~
Sufficient—> necessary
(Sufficient is inside necessary) (If outside than out of scope)

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SUFFICIENT
if, when, any, all, each, every (the only)

NECESSARY
must, requires, ONLYS, need, then
Except, without, unless, until (crossed out)

26
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No

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Means NONE or (crossed out) SOME