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Sufficient condition (view source)
Revision as of 22:21, September 11, 2007
, 22:21, September 11, 2007cat
For example, "I heard thunder" is a sufficient condition of "There was lightning nearby," because if I heard thunder, there ''must'' have been lightning nearby to cause it.
For example, "I heard thunder" is a sufficient condition of "There was lightning nearby," because if I heard thunder, there ''must'' have been lightning nearby to cause it.
However, "There was lightning nearby" is ''not'' a sufficient cause of "I heard thunder," because there may have been lightning nearby that I did not hear.
However, "There was lightning nearby" is ''not'' a sufficient cause of "I heard thunder," because there may have been lightning nearby that I did not hear.
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