June 2007 LSAT Section 3 Question 9

Naturalist: The recent claims that the Tasmanian tiger is not extinct are false. The Tasmanian tiger's natural habit...

cheynnelee on January 2, 2021

Is this questions diagrammable?

Is this question diagrammable to: sheep farming v ~hard evidence --> Extinct contra: ~extinct --> ~sheep farming ^ hard evidence

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shunhe on January 4, 2021

Hi @cheynnelee,

Thanks for the question! I wouldn’t diagram the question in that way. What you diagrammed says

“if there was sheep farming or no hard evidence, then the Tasmanian tiger isn’t extinct”

which isn’t exactly what the argument is saying. There’s not really conditional logic being used here, so I wouldn’t have diagrammed that.

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