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An 'argument' is a statement (premise) or group of statements (premises) offered in support of another statement (conclusion). Argument may refer to:

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General types of argument

Specific arguments

Mathematics, science and linguistics

Other

General types of argument

★ Argument form, a method of logically analyzing sentences

★ Argument map, a method of displaying an informal argument

★ Argumentation theory, the science and theory of civil debates

★ deductive argument, if valid, the conclusion follows by necessity

★ inductive argument, if strong, the conclusion is, at best, probably true

★ "Informal argument", in Informal logic is one presented in ordinary language

★ logical argument, a demonstration of a proof, or using logical reasoning for persuasion

★ oral argument, a verbal presentation to a judge by a lawyer

★ heuristic argument, a proof or demonstration relying on experimental results, or one which is not fully rigorous

Specific arguments

★ ontological argument, a proof by intuition or reason for the existence of God

★ political argument, the use of logic rather than propaganda in promoting political ideas

★ practical arguments, the structure of a persuasive argument

★ doublespeak argument, the use of misleading or irrelevant reasoning by one side during a debate

★ javelin argument, a cosmological reasoning about the infinite size of the universe

Mathematics, science and linguistics

★ In mathematics, science (including computer science), linguistics and engineering, an 'argument' is, generally speaking, an independent variable or input to a function.

★ complex argument, the angular component φ of a complex number represented in polar coordinates

★ argument principle, a theorem in complex analysis about meromorphic functions inside and on a closed contour

★ diagonal argument, a type of proof over an infinite domain, used to identify the cardinal class of the real numbers

★ probabilistic argument, any proof using probability theory

★ argument (computer science), an input to a subprogram or subroutine

★ verb argument, a phrase in a sentence that qualifies a verb

★ Default argument, an actual parameter to a program that is used when no other actual parameter is provided

Other

★ ''The Argument'', a 2001 album by Fugazi

★ argument (literature), the brief summary at the beginning of a section of a poem

★ grand argument story, a type of story that is intended to be conceptually complete

★ Distinction without a difference

★ The Argument Sketch, from Monty Python's Flying Circus

★ Toulmin Model, the model of an argument

★ Argumentative, a type of evidentiary objection to a question for a witness during a trial

★ Ercüment is a name in Turkish.