June 2010 LSAT Section 5 Question 14

The author uses the word "immediacy" (line 39) most likely in order to express

AdamYousif on December 15, 2020

TRANSITIVE PROPERTY

So, the transitive property applies to both argument and set of facts? There is not a favor to one? It is just a matter of understanding where premises that involve principles are linking each other

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shunhe on January 3, 2021

Hi @AdamYousif,

Thanks for the question! Yup, that’s exactly correct. The transitive property can apply to either an “argument” or a “set of facts.” What’s important is that there is conditional reasoning happening where we can link different conditionals together. So we could have a "set of facts" like

A—>B
B—>C

Or we could be asked to evaluate the argument

C
A—>B
B—>C
Conclusion: A

and the same underlying logical principles apply to both.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.