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- 1ArgumentA set of statements, some of which, called the “premises,” support another, called the “conclusion.
- 2Criticize An ArgumentThe process of showing, or attempting to show, that an argument is weak in some way.
- 3Extract An ArgumentThe process of reconstructing an argument, originally given verbally or in a passage of text, in premise-conclusion form.
- 4ArgumentA set of statements, some of which, called the “premises,” support another, called the “conclusion.
- 5PremiseA statement in an argument that supports, or gives evidence for, the argument’s conclusion.
- 6ConclusionA statement in an argument that the argument tries to support or establish by means of premises.
- 7Premise-conclusion FormA way of representing an argument by numbering the premises, separating them onto different lines, and placing them above the conclusion they support.
- 8Suppressed PremiseA statement that doesn’t explicitly appear in an argument but is still necessary in order for the argument’s reasoning to succeed.
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