Most of the time when the conclusion is the cause I am guessing correctly what is the cause and what is the effect, however it gets trick when cause is presented as a premise and the conclusion as the effect. Therefore, I would like to ask if someone can please:
1) present me a definition of cause and of effect
2) give me some tip to help me to identify the second scenario
Thanks in advance!
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Thanks for the question! So what you’ve asked is actually a pretty deep question philosophically, but for purposes of the LSAST, all we need to know is the cause is something that makes the effect occur. So for example, water hits the house and makes it wet. The water is the cause of the house’s being wet. Or, for example, K shoots V with a gun and V dies. K caused V’s death. We can use our common sense intuitions of causation on the LSAT. The cause leads to the effect; the effect follows from the cause.
Now as for the scenario when a cause is a premise and the conclusion is the effect: that could be something as simple as the following.
K shot V. Therefore, V is dead.
Here, the premise is the cause (the shooting). The conclusion is the result (the effect).
Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.
