and criteria to evaluate arguments. Deductive arguments can be valid, and the valid ones can be sound: in a valid argument, premises necessitate the...

The argument of periapsis (also called argument of perifocus or argument of pericenter), symbolized as ω (omega), is one of the orbital elements of an...

two, or three arguments. A predicate and its arguments form a predicate-argument structure. The discussion of predicates and arguments is associated most...

subsequent refutation of that false argument ("knock down a straw man"), instead of the opponent's proposition. Straw man arguments have been used throughout history...

inferences or arguments. Reasoning is the activity of drawing inferences. Arguments are the outward expression of inferences. An argument is a set of premises...

Argument may refer to: The Argument (Fugazi album), 2001 The Argument (Grant Hart album), 2013 The Argument (film), a 2020 American film The Argument...

Sometimes, subscripts can be used to denote arguments. For example, we can use subscripts to denote the arguments with respect to which partial derivatives...

cosmological arguments. Other arguments for the existence of God have been proposed by St. Anselm, who formulated the first ontological argument; Thomas Aquinas...

Conflicts between arguments are represented by a binary relation on the set of arguments. In concrete terms, you represent an argumentation framework with...

{\frac {d}{dz}}\log(f(z))={\frac {f'(z)}{f(z)}}} and the relation between arguments and logarithms. Let zZ be a zero of f. We can write f(z) = (z − zZ)kg(z)...

question has been answered by the various arguments, emphasizing that none of the major cosmological arguments rests on the premise that everything has...

target's own beliefs and arguments against them, while not agreeing with the validity of those beliefs and arguments. Ad hominem arguments were first studied...

situation. For example, arguments based on authority may be common in courts of law but not as frequent in a classroom discussion; arguments based on analogy...

viae. These arguments feature only a posteriori arguments, rather than literal reading of holy texts. He sums up his teleological argument as follows:...

Closing argument, in law, the concluding statement of each party's counsel reiterating the important arguments in a court case Musical argument, a concept...

ontological argument (i.e. analyticity, necessity, and a priority) are found in all ontological arguments and, in his 2007 work Ontological Arguments and Belief...

Electric Arguments is the third album by the Fireman, released on 24 November 2008 on the duo's website. The album was first announced 29 September 2008...

argument may refer to: Pigeonhole principle Combinatorial proof This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Counting argument....

of arguments, identify unstated assumptions, evaluate the support an argument offers for a conclusion, and aid understanding of debates. Argument maps...

of arguments; and the versions with fewer arguments simply call the versions with more arguments, with the default arguments as the missing arguments: int...

Oral argument at the appellate level accompanies written briefs, which also advance the argument of each party in the legal dispute. Oral arguments can...

In group theory, a branch of mathematics, Frattini's argument is an important lemma in the structure theory of finite groups. It is named after Giovanni...

"thoroughly and calmly to examine all the arguments offered in support of religious beliefs", such as the ontological argument for the existence of God, which he...

wrote of arguments from authority: "One of the great commandments of science is, 'Mistrust arguments from authority.' ... Too many such arguments have proved...

Diagonal argument can refer to: Diagonal argument (proof technique), proof techniques used in mathematics. A diagonal argument, in mathematics, is a technique...

A closing argument, summation, or summing up is the concluding statement of each party's counsel reiterating the important arguments for the trier of fact...

contradicts one's personal expectations or beliefs, or is difficult to imagine. Arguments from incredulity can take the form: I cannot imagine how F could be true;...

The wax argument or the sheet of wax example is a thought experiment that René Descartes created in the second of his Meditations on First Philosophy....

complex arguments. A complex argument is made up of many sub-arguments. This way, a chain is formed in which the conclusions of earlier arguments act as...

conclusions drawn in surveys and carefully controlled experiments are arguments by example and generalization. Studies that analyze past speeches also...