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I was reading up on the use of conditionals と, ば, たら and なら. One part of [the
source](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/thsrs/17223/meaning/m0u/%E3%81%9F%E3%82%89)
talks about one type of conditional clause, but I am not sure of its meaning.

Here's what the source says, and my attempt at translation:

> 仮定条件(前件が仮に成立した場合、その前件を条件 **として** 後件が成立することを表わす)
>
> Assumptive conditional clauses (the first half of the sentence (conditional
> clause) is based on an assumption; expresses the first half as a requirement
> for the establishment of the other half)

The word として is confusing me. [There have been other questions about
として](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/14719/meaning-
of-%E3%81%A8%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6-in-this-sentence), but reading the sentence
above with an "as" or a "by way of" does not make sense to me. Easy sentences
are okay, like:

> 彼は医者 **として** 有名だ。He is famous as a doctor.
>
> (医者 **として** 有名 = Famous as doctor)

However, how do I parse this more complicated sentence?

> {[その前件を 条件 **として** 後件が] 成立すること} を 表わす
>
> 条件 **として** 後件 = The latter as the requirement?
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grammar parsing conditionals
Use of として in sentence about conditionals
For example, the sentence "If I were a doctor, I would cure his sickness."

"If I were a doctor" is a hypothesis(前件), "I would cure his sickness" is a
consequent(後件).

その前件を条件として、後件が成立する means " The hypothesis (come into effect) as a
condition(条件), and the consequent come into effect."
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