2.6 Chapter Glossary

Argument – In Logic, the use of a series of premises to come to a justified conclusion.

Conclusion – A statement in an argument that the premises have attempted to prove.

Conclusion Indicators – Words that help identify the structure of reasoning by distinguishing conclusions from premises.

Logic – In Logic, the use of a series of premises to come to a justified conclusion.

Premise – A statement in an argument used to support a conclusion.

Premise Indicators – Words that help identify the structure of reasoning by distinguishing premises from conclusions.

Rhetoric – The classical discipline of using language to persuade an audience.

Soundness – An argument that is valid and all statements are true.

Statement – Any line of an argument, either a premise or a conclusion.

Validity – An argument for which if the premises are true the conclusion must be true.