Consider the following causal claim: If I pass this course, I鈥檒l graduate.?

1. Consider the following causal claim: If I pass this course, I鈥檒l graduate.





a) Is the cause a necessary condition for the effect, independently of context? Why or why not?





b) Is the cause a sufficient condition, independently of the context? Why or why not?





c) What context we must assume for the cause to be necessary and sufficient?|||1a not enough data but as it is presented you would assume it is





b i doubt it, graduating is usually done in school so for there to be just one course seems lacking





c All other courses needed to graduate have all been done, if i pass this course, i'll graduate|||your answer is not the right answer......thanks for your effort......

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|||it is a necessary cause for the effect because according to the claim you must pass the course to graduate.





it only would not be sufficient if something else had to be done to graduate as well.





If only the conditions must be met, then the cause would be both necessary and sufficient.