What is an Argument in Philosophy | Logical Argument

Short introduction to the concept of argument in philosophy and logic. Arguments in critical thinking and essay writing are essentially the same. Indeed, logical argumentation in any field-from law, to science, to religion-will resemble the notion of argument presented here. In short, an argument is a piece of reasoning put into words. It's a matter of statements being organized into premises supporting a conclusion.
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0:00 Intro
0:10 Definition of argument
0:22 Arguments as sentences
0:39 The important role of statements
1:09 Premises and conclusion
1:41 A quick detour about truth
2:06 Arguments in standard form
2:33 Conclusion indicators and premise indicators
2:52 Not every attempt at argument is an argument
3:07 Recap
Further Reading
Paul Herrick, Introduction to Logic, Chapter 2: "Let's Have An Argument"
(Recommended companion textbook for this channel.)
Mental Floss, “15 Amazing Facts About Birds”
www.mentalfloss.com/article/7...
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, “Argument”
www.iep.utm.edu/argument/
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Good Sir. Can you explain in another video how argument differs from assumption and proposition?

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Thanks for watching, WAJID. A _proposition_ is roughly the same as a statement. So the premises and conclusion of an argument are all propositions (statements). In logic, _assumption_ typically refers to the premises. Because the premises are the unsupported, starting points for the argument. You just _assume_ them in order to support the conclusion. Of course, in real life someone might challenge one of your assumptions (premises). But then you can give a new argument to support the assumption. In that case, the premise of your first argument would become the _conclusion_ of your second argument because you are now trying to provide rational support for a proposition (statement) that at first you put forward _without_ support (an assumption.) Hope this helps!

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