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| The organized body of knowledge, or science, that evaluates arguments. |
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| A group of statements one or more of which (the premises) are claimed to provide support for, or reasons to believe, one of the others (the conclusion). |
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| A sentence that is either true or false. |
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| A statement in an argument that sets forth evidence or reasons |
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The statement in an argument that the premises are claimed to support or imply.
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| A word that provides a clue in identifying the conclusion. |
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A word that provides a clue in identifying the premises.
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| The reasoning process used to produce an argument. |
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| The information content of a statement |
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| The attribute by which a statement is either true or false |
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An argument that purports to prove something by giving one or more examples of it.
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| An "if ... then ..." statement |
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The component of a conditional statement that immediately follows the word "if."
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| The component of a conditional statement that immediately follows the word "then"; the component of a conditional statement that is not the antecedent |
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The condition represented by the antecedent of a conditional statement
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