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Argument

An argument is one or more premises—sentences, statements, or propositions—directed towards arriving at a logical conclusion. The purpose of an argument is to give reasons for one's thinking and understanding via justification, explanation, or persuasion.

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Etymology

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Standard logical account of argument types

Defeasible arguments and argumentation schemes

By analogy

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Explanations

Elliptical or ethymematic arguments

Argument mining

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Argument

Nodes78
Edges77
Triples199
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025641
Components1

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Argument

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related to References · 97
Argument → ACM, ACM Computing Surveys, Allyn, An, An Evolutionary Approach, Ana Maguitman, Argumentation, Argumentation Schemes, Argumentative Discussions, Arthur Willard, Attacking Faulty Reasoning, Austin How, Automatic Press, Bacon, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Carlos Chesñevar, Ch, Chapter, Charles Arthur Willard
related to External links · 18
Argument → Argumentation, Bradley, Catarina, Dowden, Edward, In Fieser, In Zalta, Indiana Philosophy Ontology ProjectDutilh, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, James, Matthew, McKeon, Novaes, OCLC, Philosophy, PhilPapersArgument, Stanford Encyclopedia
related to Explanations · 13
Argument → Arguments, Both, Fred, Fred's, However, If Fred, In, Joe, Note, Observe, The, While, Why
related to Elliptical or ethymematic arguments · 11
Argument → All, Enthymeme, Example, Iron, Nobody, Often, On, Speakers, Syllogism, The, This
related to Inductive arguments · 11
Argument → An, Arguments, Cogency, Despite, For, Forms, If, Non-deductive, Otherwise, The, United States
related to Fallacies and non-arguments · 8
Argument → Fallacies, However, In English, It, One, Socrates, The, Thus
related to Defeasible arguments and argumentation schemes · 7
Argument → Defeasibility, Defeasible, For, If Tweety, In, This, Tweety
related to Other kinds · 7
Argument → Charles Taylor, For, French, Kompridis, Michel Foucault, Nikolas Kompridis, Other
related to Deductive arguments · 6
Argument → Based, Deductive, For, Given, If, It
related to By analogy · 4
Argument → An, For, Plato, Socrates

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conclusion premises arguments true truth logical logic valid form argumentation reasoning premise example therefore may inductive also one formal deductive

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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Argumentis anecessary truth0.90text
mathematicsinstance ofThis logical perspective on argument is relevant for scientific fields0.80text
computer scienceinstance ofThis logical perspective on argument is relevant for scientific fields0.80text
Argumentrelated to Argument miningThe0.60section
Argumentrelated to Argument miningSuch0.60section
Argumentrelated to By analogyAn0.60section
Argumentrelated to By analogyFor0.60section
Argumentrelated to By analogyPlato0.60section
Argumentrelated to By analogySocrates0.60section
Argumentrelated to Deductive argumentsIt0.60section
Argumentrelated to Deductive argumentsBased0.60section
Argumentrelated to Deductive argumentsGiven0.60section

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