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argument form

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Examples
Original argument:
All humans are mortal.
Socrates is human.
Therefore, Socrates is mortal.
Argument form:
All S are P.
a is S.
Therefore, a is P.

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Noun

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argument form (plural argument forms)

  1. (logic) The result of replacing parts of an argument with letters, leaving only logic words such as "if" and "for all" unreplaced.
    Synonym: schema

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