The negation of "many"?

ChloeeeeChloeeee Member
in General 135 karma

Hi guys,

Is the negation of "many" "none" or just "not many"? I think the negation is "none" because "many" implies "more than 1" and how many it exactly implies depends on different contexts. Did any lesson cover this?

Thanks in advance!

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  • nanabillannanabillan Member
    347 karma

    The binary cut of some (1-100) is 0, none.

    The negation of some is none. "not many" I think translates to the same idea because not many is not some and if it isn't some, that really just means none.

    Ex: Many dogs are brave. This just means that some dogs are brave.

    the contrapositive is No dogs are brave. = No is group four, negate, necessary...or: if you are brave you are not a dog.

    D → ~B~
    B → ~D~

  • hopefullinghopefulling Member
    edited August 2020 905 karma

    Technically, both are correct (NONE and NOT MANY) ... just easier to use none :).

    It might be helpful to just mentally replace 'many' with 'some' every time you see it. (Yes, in real life, many means 'more than one,' but in lsat-land, we can just think of it as 'some'; subjective and objective bias and all)
    https://classic.7sage.com/lesson/many-implies-some/

  • ChloeeeeChloeeee Member
    135 karma

    Thanks for all of your advice!! :smiley:

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