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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 statement in an argument that sets forth evidence |
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| the statement in an argument that the premises are claimed to support or imply |
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| a form of expression that is intended to put someone on guard againt a dangerous or detrimental situation; without evidence, it is not an argument |
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| a form of expression that makes a recommendation about some future decision or course of conduct; without evidence, it is not an argument |
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| statement of belief or opinion |
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| an expression about what someone happns to believe or think about something; without evidence, not an argument |
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| loosely associated statements |
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| statements that may be about the same general subject, but lack a claim that one of them is proved by the others; not an argument |
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| a group of statements that convery information about some topic or event; not an argument |
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| a kind of discourse that begins with a topic sentence followed by one or more sentences that develop the topic sentence; may or may not be an argument |
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| an expression involving one or more examples that is intended to show what something means or how it is done; may or may not be an argument, depending on whether it is well-known or agreed upon by most experts |
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| an argument in which it is impossible for the conclusion to be false given that the premises are true |
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| invalid deductive argument |
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| a deductive argument in which it is possible for the conclusion to be false given that the premises are true |
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| a deductive argument that is valid and has all true premises |
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| deductive argument that is invalid, has one or more false premises, or both |
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| strong inductive argument |
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| an inductive argument in which it is improbable that the conclusion be false given that the premises are true |
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| an argument in which the conclusion does not follow probably from the premises, even though it is claimed to |
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| an inductive argument that is strong and has all true premises |
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| an inductive argument that is weak, has one or more false premises, or both |
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