Argument Mapping

premise

a claim in an argument that is supposed to provide a reason for believing some other claim in the argument

conclusion

a claim in an argument that the premises are intended to supply reasons for believing

Claim

a sentence used to assert something in the case the claim is true if what it says is the case, is in fact the case and false otherwise

sound

a valid argument with all true premises does not depend on the truth of the conclusion

valid

an argument is said to be valid if it would be impossible for its conclusion to be false if all its premises were true valid argument: all true premises, a true conclusion- not all premises true, conclusion true- not all premises true, conclusion false valid if its premises necessarily lead to its conclusion

sentence

grammatical string of one or more words used to express a proposition, question, command, or request

standard form

premise 1 (justification) premise 2 (justification) <therefore> conclusion (justification)

Argument

set of statements or claims some of which are offered as reasons for believing that at least one of the other claim is true

logic

study of inferences with a view to determining which are successful and which are not