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CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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What do Absolute Statements assert?   existence of some fact       show        
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show Existence of hypothetical relationship betw. conditions   if 1st condition is met then 2nd must follow              
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What 2 elements are conditional statements composed of?   show necessary condition              
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What does a sufficient condition have to do ?   guarantee the necessary condition   show            
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What is required for a sufficient condition to be satisfied?   necessary condition   show            
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What is a Valid Affirmation?   Sufficient and necessary conditions fulfilled               show
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What is a contrapositive?   Flip side of a valid affirmation   show is ALWAYS a vaild inference            
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What is a valid inference?   necessary and sufficient conditions not met             show  
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What is an invalid inference?   When satisfying necessary condition is not enough to conclude that a sufficient condition follows   When denying sufficient condition is not enough to conclude a necessary condition cannot follow           show  
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How will "only if" occur on the LSAT?   only if A, B   show Introduces necessary condition            
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if/when/all/any/each/every   introduce sufficient conditions     show          
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"only"   refers to necessary condition   only A are B   show          
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"if and only if"   introduces condition that is both sufficient and necessary   A will go to China "if and only if" B meets them there   A China <->B meets   either both conditions occur, or neither one does     show    
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unless/until/without/except   turn them into "if not"   Term that follows these is negated to form sufficient condition   show          
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How does "unless" occur on the LSAT?   unless A, B   B, unless A   show          
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"no(none)"   turn it into "no/none of this is that"   show            
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Transitive Property?   ALWAYS a valid inference   Conditional statement's necessary condition is identical to sufficient condition of another conditional statement   show          
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Transitive Fallacy?   Trying to combine two conditional statements using transitive property when you don't meet those requirements[BAD!!! DON'T DO IT!!!]         show      
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What are most statements on the LSAT represented by what forms?   Absolute   show            
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Which side of a statement does the sufficient and necessary conditions go on?   Sufficient = Left   show            
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show if   when   whenever   all   any   each   every   people who the only  
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Key Words for Necessary Condition   show only   only if   only when   needs   requires   must   always never [always not]  
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