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• Ridicule
  ...an straw man] of the [[actual]] [[argument]], rather than addressing the [[argument]] itself. For example: ...o [[humans]]!" (This is not implied by the theory of evolution, thus the [[argument]] is false.)
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• Valid
  :b : [[logic]]ally correct <a valid argument> <valid [[inference]]> ...ent is where the conclusion does not follow from the premises. A deductive argument may be valid but not sound. In other [[words]], validity is a [[necessary]]
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• Fallacies
  *3 : an often plausible [[argument]] using false or invalid [[inference]] ...tructured]] using [[rhetorical]] [[patterns]] that obscure the [[logical]] argument, making fallacies more [[difficult]] to [[diagnose]]. Also, the components
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• Premise
  ...a [[proposition]] antecedently [[supposed]] or [[proved]] as a basis of [[argument]] or [[inference]]; specifically : either of the first two propositions of ...]: a premise is an [[assumption]] that something is true. In [[logic]], an argument requires a set of [[two]] declarative sentences (or "[[propositions]]") kno
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• Premises
  ...a [[proposition]] antecedently [[supposed]] or [[proved]] as a basis of [[argument]] or [[inference]]; specifically : either of the first two propositions of ...a premise is an [[assumption]] that something is true. In [[logic]], an [[argument]] requires a set of [[two]] declarative sentences (or "propositions") known
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• Contradiction
  *3 a : [[logical]] incongruity ...opositions, taken [[together]], yield two conclusions which [[form]] the [[logical]], usually [[opposite]] inversions of each other. [[Illustrating]] a genera
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• Debate
  ...sn't the case or [[rhetoric]] which is [[technique]] of persuasion. Though logical consistency, factual accuracy as well as some [[emotion]]al appeal to [[aud ...them. However one large misconception about debate is that it is all about argument; it is not.
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• Attack
  ...e person [[advocating]] the premise. The ''ad hominem'' is a [[classic]] [[logical]] [[fallacy]]. The ''argumentum ad hominem'' is not always [[fallacious]], ...ut the opponent's [[personal]] [[character]] have nothing to do with the [[logical]] merits of the opponent's [[arguments]] or assertions.
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• Superficial
  ...al, or alternatively, an "over-simplified" [[argument]] is prone to many [[logical]] fallacies: including hasty generalization, division, composition and many
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• Dichotomy
  A ''false dichotomy'' is a logical [[fallacy]] consisting of a [[supposed]] dichotomy which fails one or both ...://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Cultures ''The Two Cultures'']). In ''The Argument Culture'' (1998), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Tannen Deborah Tan
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• Infallible
  ...t may mean that an [[arbitrary]] [[decision]] must be made, and then not [[Argument|disputed]]. ...//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Albert Hans Albert] presented a [[logical]] [[argument]] that fallibilism is ubiquitous and inevitable, even in the fields of [[ma
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• Arbitrary
  ...and and purpose. This is somewhat related to the argument from design, the argument for God's existence because a purpose can be found in the universe.
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• Rational
  ...an inference is drawn in ordered ways (thus a [[syllogism]] is a rational argument in this sense). The other part associates rationality with explanation, und A [[logic]]al argument is sometimes described as "rational" if it is logically valid. However, rat
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• Example
  ...re derived from Lat. through French. In the arrangement below the presumed logical order has been adopted in preference to the order in which the senses are r *2. [[Logic]]. = [[Greek]] ([[Aristotle]]). The species of [[argument]] in which the major premiss of a syllogism is assumed from a particular in
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• Supposition
  *1: Something held to be true and taken as the basis of an [[argument]]. ...ch is assumed (which may be either [[true]] or [[false]]), as a basis of [[argument]] or a premiss from which a conclusion is drawn.
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• 2013-06-20-The Solution is Within
  ...er. For the scientists among you, this may sound like a weak argument or a logical fallacy. However, consider that an exposition based on anthropology and bio
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• Theorems
  ...e derivation rules. The proof of a mathematical theorem is a [[logical]] [[argument]] demonstrating that the [[conclusions]] are a [[necessary]] consequence of
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• 101:2 The Fact of Religion
  ...s]] of [[nature]] and the theology of religion into a [[consistent]] and [[logical]] universe [[philosophy]], a [[co-ordinated]] and unbroken [[explanation]] ...ansient as to [[individualities]]. [[Nature]] does not afford ground for [[logical]] [[belief]] in human-[[personality]] [[survival]]. The [[religious]] man w
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• Fallible
  ...to prove any [[truth]] with certainty, even in logic and mathematics. This argument is called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchhausen_Trilemma Mün ...ernate definition of epistemological fallibilism to resolve this suggested logical inconsistency. He postulates that the only logically consistent way of asse
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• Definition
  ...l usage, but a stipulative definition can only be disproved by showing a [[logical]] [[contradiction]]. ...f a term, while in [[reality]] stipulating an altered use, perhaps as an [[argument]] for some specific view.
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