A set of claims put forward as offering support for a further claim
In an argument, the claim for which premises are intended as support
A statement which asserts a connection between a stipulation and something said to be dependent on it
An account showing, or attempting to show, how it came to be that a fact or event is the way it is
Terms such as 'for,' 'since,' 'thus,' 'therefore,' and 'because,' typically used in arguments to suggest that a person is reasoning from premises to a conclusion
A passage or speech that does not contain an argument
A belief typically about a matter open to dispute, where there is not full proof and others have different ideas
A supporting reason in an argument
A kind of support where premises work together in a cumulative way to support the conclusion, but are not linked
A case that refutes a universal statement
A pattern of support in which a single premise is used to support two distinct conclusions
A structure in which there is a sequence of subarguments, each with one premise
A kind of support where premises are interdependent in their support for a conclusion
The primary claim defined in an argument that contains subarguments
A premise which is not explicitly expressed but rather suggested by the context, working, and natural logical order of a passage and needed to fill a gap in the reasoning
Conclusion stated in such a way that it is reasonable to attribute less than a high degree of commitment to the arguer
Question posed anticipating a particular answer
Quantity of members of a group to which the claim is intended to apply
The process of identifying the conclusion and premises of an argument from a passage and setting them up in a logical format
A smaller argument within a larger one, in which a premise of a main argument is itself defended
A conclusion not put into words but suggested by the context, wording, and natural logical order of a passage
Argument for a main conclusion, including all subarguments used to support any premises
The extent to which an arguer is willing to defend a conclusion that they are putting forward
A guideline which encourages respondents to engage the best version of an argument roughly consistent with the speaker’s words and intent
An argument in which at least one premise is not explicitly stated
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