Multiple Conditional Indicators in Sentence

DrackedaryDrackedary Member
edited November 2014 in Logical Reasoning 239 karma
I'm trying to wrap my head around seeing multiple conditional indicators in a sentence, and I'll like some confirmation as to my thought process.

Suppose we get this statement:

All vegans [V] cannot eat meat [M].

This seems straightforward.

V → /M
or
M → /V

However, in comparison, this statement, which I'm copying from one of the lessons isn't as straightforward for me:

All things that cannot swim are not Koala bears.

We see what appears to be two indicators "all" (sufficient) and "cannot" (negate-necessary). However, on close examination, "cannot" is not acting as a predicate as compared to the first example. It seems to be attached to the swim idea. In other words, there's actually only one indicator: "all."

So:

/S → /K
or
K → S

Am I on the right track? Thanks in advance.

Comments

  • LSATislandLSATisland Free Trial Inactive Sage
    1878 karma
    Your diagram is correct. The paragraph before it confused me a bit. The statement is basically the same as the vegan/meat statement - it is just in the negative.
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