In argumentation, an objection is a reason arguing against a premise, argument, or conclusion. Definitions of objection vary in whether an objection is...

witness's testimony or other evidence Objection (argument), used in informal logic and argument mapping Inference objection, a special case of the above Counterargument...

reasoning and argument mapping, a counterargument is an objection to an objection. A counterargument can be used to rebut an objection to a premise, a...

also show co-premises, objections, counterarguments, rebuttals, inferences, and lemmas. There are different styles of argument map but they are often...

world celebrate the principle on May 15 as International Conscientious Objection Day. On March 8, 1995, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights resolution...

sometimes frivolous objections are made to divert the attention away from the topic that is being discussed. This type of argument is called a "quibble"...

objection is a formal protest to evidence, argument, or questions that are in violation of the rules of evidence or other procedural law. Objections are...

Disagreement may refer to: Argument Disagreement (epistemology) Dissent Objection (argument) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...

Allama Tabatabai. Just as the ontological argument has been popular, a number of criticisms and objections have also been mounted. Its first critic was...

The Kalam cosmological argument is a modern formulation of the cosmological argument for the existence of God. It is named after the Kalam (medieval Islamic...

doesn't necessarily require an inverse proportionality. Another objection to the doomsday argument is that the expected total human population is actually infinite...

notes that this argument possesses an "unexpected resilience" despite seemingly being able to be easily defeated by simple objections, such as pointing...

reaction to this argument: the ability analysis, the acquaintance analysis, and the old fact/new guise analysis. Several objections to the argument have been...

abstract objects. Other arguments concern the challenges involved in specifying the identity criteria of propositions. These objections are avoided by seeing...

The watchmaker analogy or watchmaker argument is a teleological argument, an argument for the existence of God. In broad terms, the watchmaker analogy...

teleological argument (from τέλος, telos, 'end, aim, goal') also known as physico-theological argument, argument from design, or intelligent design argument, is...

former's eighth objection, the "table-turning" argument that maintained Protagoras' doctrine was self-refuting. Peritrope – as the basic objection – has also...

answering it: he considered the following nine common objections, which include all the major arguments against artificial intelligence raised in the years...

therefore be taught in public education. Such arguments against evolution have become widespread and include objections to evolution's evidence, methodology,...

The Chinese room argument holds that a computer executing a program cannot have a mind, understanding, or consciousness, regardless of how intelligently...

In the philosophy of religion, a cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of God based upon observational and factual statements concerning...

Studies, 1996, vol. 84, pp. 239–262) mounts a sustained argument against certain forms of the objection; but variations on it continue to appear. Island universes...

of chaos, strife, and discord) refers to an argument that aims to successfully dispute another's argument, rather than searching for truth. According...

The demandingness objection is a common argument raised against utilitarianism and other consequentialist ethical theories. The consequentialist requirement...

The self-indication assumption doomsday argument rebuttal is an objection to the doomsday argument (that there is only a 5% chance of more than twenty...

(sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing...

Benatar's asymmetry argument for antinatalism is an argument based on the difference between harms and benefits viewed in two scenarios — when the person...

speaker raises an objection to their own argument and then immediately answers it. By doing so, the speaker hopes to strengthen the argument by dealing with...

puts forward a no-miracles argument. The so-called Newman problem (also Newman's problem, Newman objection, Newman's objection) refers to the critical notice...

the meaning of a word when an objection is raised. Often paired with moving the goalposts (see below), as when an argument is challenged using a common...