Strengthen with Sufficient Premise Questions - - Question 20
The number of hospital emergency room visits by heroin users grew by more than 25 percent during the 1980s. Clearly, ...
PaytonjdApril 22, 2023
Sufficient vs necessary
I got the correct answer, but I don't see how it could be *sufficient* to, by itself, guaranty the the conclusion. However, I do see why it's *necessary* for the conclusion; it just seems like it needs to be combined with the other premise (in the passage) to arrive at the conclusion. How is the correct answer a super premise?
If someone tells me that "The number of visits to hospital emergency rooms by heroin users is proportional to the incidence of heroin usage," how can I -just from that- conclude that "the use of heroin has risen"? I would also need to know the other premise (that "The number of hospital emergency room visits by heroin users grew") in order to conclude that overall heroin use has risen.
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Hi, I'm not sure what you mean by super premise, but I think you're confused about what a sufficient assumption is. A sufficient assumption is a premise that, if added, would make the argument correct. It does not need to guarantee the conclusion alone, it needs to guarantee the conclusion alongside the other premises.