ABSTRACT
By the end of this chapter you should:
Understand the difference between an everyday argument and a reasoned argument.
Have a basic understanding of the terms ‘premise’, ‘inference’, ‘persuasion’ and their roles.
Understand what reasoning indicators are and how they help us to identify when reasoned argument is taking place.
Be able to tell apart arguments from explanations.
Understand what a dialogue is and be able to identify its key features – arguments, counter-arguments, examples, the use of critical questioning and refutation.
Understand what an ‘embedded’ argument is and be able to ‘extract’ an embedded argument in order to treat it as an argument in its own right.
