Making the argument

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One of the first things to consider when building an argument is the structure. Like a house, if it is well-structured, it will withstand a few flaws in the detail. However, if you build a deck of cards, even a gentle breeze will blow it down.

Here are articles and thoughts to help you build your castle:

• Argument elements: Premises, conclusions and inference.
• Categorical propositions: Statements about categories.
• Critical discussion: Resolving conflict through rational discussion.
• Making the case: Building positive and negative cases.
• Practical reasoning: Necessary conditions and critical questions.
• Proposition: Proposing a case.
• Three ways to persuade: logos, pathos and ethos.
• Toulmin's argument model: six key elements of any argument.
• Refuting arguments: More ways to attack other arguments.
• Set Theory: Visual basic principles of categories.

See also

Types of reasoning, Appeal principle, Objectivity principle