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“Argument.” NOT: “arguement”

“Argument.” NOT: “arguement”. A series of statements, one of which claims to be true as a consequence of the other(s). A statement is a specific kind of sentence. Statements are sentences that have the possibility of being true or false.

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“Argument.” NOT: “arguement”

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  1. “Argument.” NOT: “arguement” A series of statements, one of which claims to be true as a consequence of the other(s). A statement is a specific kind of sentence. Statements are sentences that have the possibility of being true or false.

  2. A series of statements, one of which claims to be true as a consequence of the other(s). “claims to be” Not: “is” The point of argument analysis is to determine whether this claim is justified. Defining “argument” as “a series of statements, one of which is true as a consequence of the other(s)” implies that all arguments are good arguments, and that there is no need for argument analysis, or Logic.

  3. A series of assertions, one or more of which claim to establish the truth of another. The statements that provide the support: premises The statement that is claimed to be established: conclusion An argument can have only one conclusion.

  4. It’s too warm for January, so there must be something to this global-warming theory. Maybe this global-warming theory is right because it’s crazy how warm it is here this winter. It’s supposed to be cold in January, but it’s not this year. Therefore there might be something to this theory of global warming.

  5. Typical Premise indicating words: since… because… as… for… given that… inasmuch as… owing to… for the reason that… in that…

  6. Typical conclusion indicating words: so… therefore… thus… hence… accordingly… consequently… it follows that… it must be that… proves that… as a result…

  7. Since the good, according to Plato, is what furthers a person’s real interests, it follows that, in any given case, when the good is known men will seek it. As the denial or perversion of justice by the sentence of courts, as well as in any other manner, is with reason classed among the just causes of war, it will follow that the federal judiciary ought to have cognizance of all causes in which the citizens of other countries are concerned. (Hamilton, Federalist Papers # 80)

  8. Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. (Aristotle) The fact that we live already in an understanding of Being and that the meaning of Being is at the same time shrouded in darkness proves the fundamental necessity of recovering the question of the meaning of “Being.” (Heidegger, Being and Time)

  9. What is wrong with each of these? 1. An argument is a series of statements that claim something is true. 2. An argument is a sentence of several statements that prove one of them is true. 3. An argument is a series of assertions in which one is true because of the others. 4. An argument is a series of sentences one of which proves the others. 5. An argument is a set of claims that claims that one of the claims is true as a result of the others. 6. An argument is a series of sentences one of which is supposed to be true as a consequence of the others.

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