• An argument is a series of sentences, statements, or propositions some of which are called premises and one is the conclusion. The purpose of an argument...
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  • Argument may refer to: The Argument (Fugazi album), 2001 The Argument (Grant Hart album), 2013 The Argument (film), a 2020 American film The Argument...
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  • A cosmological argument, in natural theology, is an argument which claims that the existence of God can be inferred from facts concerning causation, explanation...
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    Straw man (redirect from Strawman argument)
    (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing...
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    The argument of periapsis (also called argument of perifocus or argument of pericenter), symbolized as ω, is one of the orbital elements of an orbiting...
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  • teleological argument (from τέλος, telos, 'end, aim, goal'; also known as physico-theological argument, argument from design, or intelligent design argument) is...
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  • ontological argument is a philosophical argument, made from an ontological basis, that is advanced in support of the existence of God. Such arguments tend to...
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  • cosmological arguments. Other arguments for the existence of God have been proposed by St. Anselm, who formulated the first ontological argument; Thomas Aquinas...
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  • Argument to moderation (Latin: argumentum ad temperantiam)—also known as the false compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground...
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  • Look up argument in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In logic and philosophy, an argument is an attempt to persuade someone of something, or give evidence...
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  • argument may refer to: Pigeonhole principle Combinatorial proof This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Counting argument....
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  • person'), short for argumentum ad hominem, refers to several types of arguments that are fallacious. Typically this term refers to a rhetorical strategy...
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  • The knowledge argument (also known as Mary's Room or Mary the super-scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed by Frank Jackson in his article...
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  • A diagonal argument, in mathematics, is a technique employed in the proofs of the following theorems: Cantor's diagonal argument (the earliest) Cantor's...
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  • two, or three arguments. A predicate and its arguments form a predicate-argument structure. The discussion of predicates and arguments is associated most...
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    In complex analysis, the argument principle (or Cauchy's argument principle) is a theorem relating the difference between the number of zeros and poles...
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    arguments alone, independent of their topic and content. Informal logic is associated with informal fallacies, critical thinking, and argumentation theory...
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  • In argumentation, an objection is a reason arguing against a premise, argument, or conclusion. Definitions of objection vary in whether an objection is...
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    An argument map or argument diagram is a visual representation of the structure of an argument. An argument map typically includes all the key components...
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    The doomsday argument (DA), or Carter catastrophe, is a probabilistic argument that claims to predict the future population of the human species based...
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  • Wikiquote has quotations related to Argument from authority. An argument from authority (argumentum ab auctoritate), also called an appeal to authority...
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  • The God Argument: The Case against Religion and for Humanism is a 2013 book by the English philosopher and humanist, A. C. Grayling, in which he counters...
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  • Probabilistic argument may refer to: Probabilistic argument, any argument involving probability theory Probabilistic method, a method of non-constructive...
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  • In celestial mechanics, the argument of latitude ( u {\displaystyle u} ) is an angular parameter that defines the position of a body moving along a Kepler...
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  • An argument by example (also known as argument from example) is an argument in which a claim is supported by providing examples. Most conclusions drawn...
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  • In mathematics, an argument of a function is a value provided to obtain the function's result. It is also called an independent variable. For example,...
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  • In computer programming, a default argument is an argument to a function that a programmer is not required to specify. In most programming languages,...
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    Oral argument at the appellate level accompanies written briefs, which also advance the argument of each party in the legal dispute. Oral arguments can...
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    A closing argument, summation, or summing up is the concluding statement of each party's counsel reiterating the important arguments for the trier of fact...
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  • The Meinongian argument is a type of ontological argument or an "a priori argument" that seeks to prove the existence of God. This is through an assertion...
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