PHILOS 8 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Necessity And Sufficiency
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Sufficient condition: a statement p is a sufficient condition, for the truth of some further statement q, if and only if the truth of p guarantees the truth of q. P is being true suffices to make q true p guarantees q. If that"s the case, then p is a sufficient condition for q. Ex: consider the statement katie is a human, . The statement suffices for the truth of the statement katie is a mammal . If i"m a human, that guarantees i am a mammal. Ex: sufficient condition for being in los angeles. Being in westwood if you are in westwood, that guarantees you are in los angeles. No, the teacher could have gotten in an accident and could. But you don"t stop being a dog just for losing a leg be missing a leg. Something that guarantees the things from which it is a sufficient condition.
