Conditional Logic | LSAT Logical Reasoning

Knowing how to correctly interpret, diagram, and manipulate conditional logic only impacts about 20% of questions, but it often impacts 50% or more of students' most fixable errors.

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[mariagiordano]

I have been studying with 7sage, The Bibles and Khan Academy and this was the best explanation of conditional logic i've seen thus far. Thank you!

[RachelTaylor-ph]

I have read through textbooks, online forums, and used several online tools such as law hub and kahn academy to study logical reasoning and I wasn't able to wrap my head around conditional logic until I watched this video. Thank you SO MUCH for making this video, it was extremely helpful!

[Bossanik]

This is the best Conditional Logic LSAT video, take that Powerscore and take that Elemental Prep, I can only imagine how much effort it went in to create these videos, thanks man!

[marthaleonard]

this video is such a good refresher for the LSAT I cannot recommend it enough, boosted my practice score by 7 points!

[guillermocastillo]

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[alexaespinosa]

This is by far my favorite video for conditional logic - I seriously cannot thank you enough for how you broke this down. Exactlyy what I needed!! <3 Thank you so

[angelcabal]

Thank you for a very informative and concise video! I am preparing for the Law Aptitude Exam of one of the top law schools in the Philippines and I understood the topic clearly even though it's my first time encountering conditionals. Also, your voice is very calming so it's a plus! <3

[reignelover]

These videos are truly saving me oh my goodness. Truly thank you folks for all your work in making these!

[grizzy]

Amazing video. Clear and concise. Thank you.

[zenaidarojas]

Like everyone said THANK YOU!! I appreciated this explanation so much! (just having trouble with bi-conditionals) but WOW!

[igneelfiredrag]

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[topolof]

For practice #5, "real men never shy away from yogurt, " why is "never" considered to be universal and not a guarantee word? The word never is the opposite of always, which is placed under the guaranteed category. Why is it, then, that "never" is considered a universal category whereas "always" is a "guarantee?"

The reason why I'm asking is because guaranteed words are placed on the right, whereas universals are placed the left.

Thanks so much for this video. It is gold!

[melissacanteno]

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[ihazotherchannel]

For #5, "Unless you apologize, I'm going to quit the game" I initially answered:

- If quit --> NO Apology
- If Apology --> NO quit

I see how the first one doesn't work, because the person could still quit in another situation, therefore "No Apology" is not REQUIRED for quitting. But the contrapositive, which translates to, "If you apologize then I don't quit, " is something I'm snagging on. Is it because not quitting is not necessary for an apology? Thank you!

[jakhairobinson]

Question: How do you know when to use contrapositives? Do you use them in every time you read a stimulus for logical reasoning sections?

[xenonfeathers]

I was going over the Elemental Prep loophole book (pg 128 if interested) and was on this topic regarding either/or statements, ie, either A or B will happen. The book states to handle this as not A --> B with a contrapositive of not B --> A. But it makes more complete logical sense to me that this would be a biconditional of A<-->not B with its contrapositive being not A <--> B. Using a biconditional, you more fully cover all cases... not just if you don't have a thing then it's the other thing but also if you have a thing then you don't have the other thing. Can someone explain to me why I'm wrong?

[sneakyflutes]

You keep saying "put the main idea on the left or right" but I'm having trouble figuring out which of the two is the "main idea" that needs to be correctly placed. In fact, I keep getting it backward!

[oliviadean]

Hi LSAT Lab. I am a huge fan of yours. I was wondering why "and" becomes "or" when we convert a given statement into a contrapositive (4mins, 38 seconds)

[ihazotherchannel]

could number 8 also be written as:

- If BS and NOT M --> Cool
- If NOT Cool --> NOT BS or M

or is it better if breath strips and mints are kept as a single entity in the exercise?

[parthshah]

Could you please tell me, which one of your videos explains the idea of negating a complex idea? I am unable to figure out why does the complex idea need not be taken as is. Thank you. Very well explained by the