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Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
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A necessary condition must hold for something to occur; a sufficient condition guarantees that it occurs.
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Oxygen is necessary for fire but not sufficient. A lightning strike on dry brush is sufficient but not necessary.
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Philosophical definitions typically aim at conditions both necessary and sufficient—which is why counterexamples bite so hard.