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| a term or expression has more than one conventional meaning |
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| the process od breaking things down into their constituent elements |
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| the intension plus the emotional impact of a term |
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| a behavioral regularity followed in order to solve intrapersonal coordination problems |
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| example used to refute a general claim, as for example in a definition |
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| an explanation of the meaning of a term or expression |
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| definition that gives a term's intension |
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| definition that specifies an unconventional meaning of a term for use in a specific context of discourse |
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| the relationship between a word and the objects it "points to" |
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| characteristics that distinguish the extension of a term from the genus |
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| the set of objects denoted by a term |
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| language used to facilitate understanding |
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| language used to facilitate understanding |
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| the criteria that define the extension of a term |
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| a characteristic or set of characteristics required for membership in the word's extension |
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| a characteristic or set of characteristics required for membership in the word's extension |
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| a term or expression with an indefinate extension |
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| a dispute arising out of overlooked verbal ambiguity |
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| the process of breaking complex things down into their constituent elements |
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| a composition whose primary function is to persuade a person be appealing to the person's reasoning capacity |
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| a composition consisting of a set of claims one of which, called the "thesis" or "conclusion", is supported by the other(s) called the premise(s) |
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| the claim in an argument supported by the premise(s) |
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| the claim(s) in an argument that support the conclusion |
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| word indicating the presence of an argument or argument part |
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| conclusion, especially in an extended argument |
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| a graphic system for representing the structual relationships within an argument; or a graphic rep. of a particular argument |
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| an argument containing an inferential assumption |
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| the premise(s) offered as direct support for the thesis |
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| a reformulation intended to capture the same meaning |
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| the credibilty or believablity of an idea that we estimate as likely to survive critical scrutiny |
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| related to the topic under discussion |
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