Sufficient —> Necessary Flashcards
Necessary questions how to approach
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
Necessary questions- If conditional statements ( rare)
Diagram
Anticipate the missing relationship or it’s contra positive
Necessary questions- if no conditional statements
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
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends
Necessary question
Which one of the following is an assumption required by the ——— argument
Necessary question
Correct answer for necessary question
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)
Wrong answer to necessary questions
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
Argument ASSUMEs
Necessary question
Look for WILL
Identify temporal flaw and fix the flaw
Correct answer will have words like “NOT”
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