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A(n) is a set of claims consisting of a conclusion, which is to be supported, and one or more premises, which are to support the conclusion.
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A valid argument, or one intended to be valid, is a argument.
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The claim that is argued for is the .
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A passage can contain separate to support or demonstrate a contention.
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A argument is one that offers justification for accepting its conclusion; it's the most general term of approbation for arguments.
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arguments for a claim are two or more arguments for the claim, each of which could support or demonstrate the claim even if the others do not
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A(n) is a claim that is thought to provide a reason for believing the conclusion.
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arguments are said to be relatively strong or weak, and are not intended to be valid.
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A(n) argument, usually intended to be valid, is one that is not.
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A(n) argument is a valid argument in which all premises are true.
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A(n) argument is inductive and makes its conclusion more likely than does an argument that is relatively weak.
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A(n) argument is a deductive argument that is not sound, whether because one or more of its premises is false or because it is not valid.
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A(n) premise is one needed in an argument if the argument is to demonstrate or prove the conclusion.
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A(n) argument is a deductive argument of the sort that, whenever all its premises are true, the conclusion is true as well.
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is nonargumentative material included within, or in lieu of, an argument.







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