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Common Ground

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in an argument, statements accepted by all sides.

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Conclusion

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In an argument, the statement that the premises are said to support or justify.

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Conclusion Indicator

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A word or expression used in the context of an argument to signal the present of the conclusion. ex: therefore, hence, it follows that, thus, which means that, accordingly, as a result, this implies that…

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Correspondence theory of Truth

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The theory which claims that truth is the correspondence of a statement of reality.

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Declarative Sentence

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A sentence typically used to make a claim about the world and thus to express something that is either true or false.

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Definition

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An explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase.

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Enthymeme

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An argument that is missing one or more presides or a conclusion.

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Exclamatory sentence

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a sentence expressing an emotion or a feeling.

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Falsity

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the property of a statement or proposition has when it does not correspond with reality.

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Imperative sentence

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A sentence expressing a command.

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Interrogatory sentence

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a sentence expressing a question.

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Performative Sentence

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a sentence the utterance of which performs an action.

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Precise Definition

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a detailed explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase. defined at the beginning before going further.

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Premise

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In an argument, a statement offered as evidence in support of the truth of the conclusion.

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Premise Indicator

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A word or expression used in the context of an argument to indicate that a premise is about to be given

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Principle of Charity

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When you must attribute a premise or conclusion to some one’s enthymemative argument, add something that helps make the person’s case as reasonable as can be.

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Socratic Method

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A claim that is either true or false

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Truth

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The property a statement ir proposition has when it corresponds with reality.

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Argument

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One or more statements, called premises, offered as reasons or evidence in support of the truth of a further statement, called the conclusion. Reasoning put into words.