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Set of claims, one of which is meant to be supported by other claims.
Also, it is a set of claims that can be dicided into a conclusion and one or more presmises. |
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| Claim meant to be supported by reasons offered in the argument. What the arguer is trying to get at. |
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| Claim put forth as a reason for a conclusion. |
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| Procedure for presenting arguments in a clear pattern. |
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Each time one moves from a premise or a set of premises to a conlusion, we infer.
The move from the presmises to the conclusion is the inference. |
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| The words we add help by "flagging" premises or conclusion. Words or phrases that do this are called inference indicators. |
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| words used to indicate that a conclusion is about to be drawn. So, and thus play this role. |
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| words used to indicate that a premise is about to be given. since and because are premise indicators. |
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Implicit premise/conclusion
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genuine part of an argument if it is clear hat the person giving the argument meant it to be understood this way.
Basically, an argument that contains an implicit premise or conclusion.
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