Stage 35 · Logic & Quantifiers

35.2.2 Necessary Condition

35.2 Sufficient, Necessary, and Both

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35.2.2 Necessary Condition

Core idea

"Without it, nothing works": for q to hold you must first have p, q⇒p, so p is a necessary condition for q.

Module goal. Capture the relationship between hypothesis and conclusion with "is it enough to have it, can you do without it" — and learn to identify all three kinds of conditions.
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