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Argument
Argument Ar"gu*ment, n. [F. argument, L. argumentum, fr.
arguere to argue.]
1. Proof; evidence. [Obs.]
There is.. no more palpable and convincing argument
of the existence of a Deity. --Ray.
Why, then, is it made a badge of wit and an argument
of parts for a man to commence atheist, and to cast
off all belief of providence, all awe and reverence
for religion? --South.
2. A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or
convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an
argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition,
for or in favor of it, or against it.
3. A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of
rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
The argument is about things, but names. --Locke.
4. The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic
representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or
summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
You and love are still my argument. --Shak.
The abstract or argument of the piece. --Jeffrey.
[Shields] with boastful argument portrayed.
--Milton.
5. Matter for question; business in hand. [Obs.]
Sheathed their swords for lack of argument. --Shak.
6. (Astron.) The quantity on which another quantity in a
table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the
refraction.
7. (Math.) The independent variable upon whose value that of
a function depends. --Brande & C.
Argument
Argument Ar"gu*ment ([a^]r"g[-u]*ment), v. i. [L.
argumentari.]
To make an argument; to argue. [Obs.] --Gower.
Meaning of argument from wikipedia
- 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...
- A
cosmological argument, in
natural theology, is an
argument which claims that the
existence of God can be
inferred from
facts concerning causation, explanation...
- (sometimes
written as strawman) is the
informal fallacy of re****ing an
argument different from the one
actually under discussion,
while not recognizing...
- 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...
-
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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argument may
refer to:
Pigeonhole principle Combinatorial proof This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated with the
title Counting argument....
- two, or
three arguments. A
predicate and its
arguments form a predicate-
argument structure. The
discussion of
predicates and
arguments is ****ociated most...
-
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...
- person'),
short for
argumentum ad hominem,
refers to
several types of
arguments that are fallacious.
Typically this term
refers to a
rhetorical strategy...
