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Substitution instance of an argument form

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A specific argument is a substitution instance of an argument form if it is possible to generate the specific argument from the abstract argument form by substituting sentences for the blanks or placeholders in the argument form.

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Argument form

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An abstract pattern of reasoning that many arguments can follow or share in common. Argument forms are all form and no content.

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Truth-functional argument

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Any argument whose validity is due to the arrangement of its truth-functional operators and nothing else.

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Valid argument form

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An argument form every substitution instance of which is a valid argument.