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What is an argument?

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Premise + conclusion

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What is a premise

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A statement that supports another statement

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What is a conclusion?

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A statement that is supported by another statement

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But, however, yet

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often indicate a transition from context to argument

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5
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some people say…

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is often used to introduce context

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what is context?

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Extra information related to but not a part of the main argument.

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Which is the sufficient condition? x -> y (if x, then y)

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x

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Which is the necessary condition? x -> y (if x, then y)

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y

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