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Lesson 6: Logical Reasoning – Articles- Getting started with Logical Reasoning
- Introduction to arguments
- Catalog of question types
- Types of conclusions
- Types of evidence
- Types of flaws
- Identify the conclusion | Quick guide
- Identify the conclusion | Learn more
- Identify the conclusion | Examples
- Identify an entailment | Quick guide
- Identify an entailment | Learn more
- Strongly supported inferences | Quick guide
- Strongly supported inferences | Learn more
- Disputes | Quick guide
- Disputes | Learn more
- Identify the technique | Quick guide
- Identify the technique | Learn more
- Identify the role | Quick guide
- Identify the role | learn more
- Identify the principle | Quick guide
- Identify the principle | Learn more
- Match structure | Quick guide
- Match structure | Learn more
- Match principles | Quick guide
- Match principles | Learn more
- Identify a flaw | Quick guide
- Identify a flaw | Learn more
- Match a flaw | Quick guide
- Match a flaw | Learn more
- Necessary assumptions | Quick guide
- Necessary assumptions | Learn more
- Sufficient assumptions | Quick guide
- Sufficient assumptions | Learn more
- Strengthen and weaken | Quick guide
- Strengthen and weaken | Learn more
- Helpful to know | Quick guide
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- Explain or resolve | Quick guide
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Disputes | Quick guide
A quick guide to approaching questions that ask you to infer a dispute
These questions usually ask you to determine a topic on which two speakers disagree.
Sometimes, the question will ask you what the speakers agree on, so make sure to read the question stem (below the passage) carefully.
The answer will be a statement about which we know both of the speakers’ opinions, and those opinions are opposing (or aligned, if you're asked about a point of agreement).
What should I do?
✓ Understand each speaker’s argument in simple terms: Try to paraphrase each speaker’s conclusion and support.
✓ Test each choice: Do both speakers have an opinion on the statement in that choice? If so, do those opinions differ from each other?
Top Tip 1: Try not to use your memory when testing the choice. Refer back to the arguments frequently!
Top Tip 2: Compare the choices against the stimulus, not against each other.
Top Tip 3: Some students find it useful to keep track of opinions using their pencil. As you go through the choices, you can jot the initials of each speaker and mark a plus (+) or a minus (-) next to the initials to indicate the position each speaker would take on each choice. When you find a choice for which you have a + in one column and a - in the other, then you’ve found the answer! And if the speaker doesn't have an opinion, you can eliminate the choice immediately.
Common wrong choice types
- Not enough info: Some wrong choices will be statements for which we can’t infer one or both speakers’ opinion
- Areas of agreement: Some wrong choices are statements about which the speakers agree instead of disagree.
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It's driving me absolutely crazy not being able to print out LR questions when I am doing them since I like to mark my conclusion and evidence, keywords, ect. Anyone have a work around for this? It couldn't be that hard for Khan to include a print command on these questions.(16 votes)
I take a screenshot and then write them on my iPad. If u don't have that u can just screenshot the questions, add to word doc and print.(6 votes)
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