ARGUMENTATION, the Act of inventing or framing Arguments; of making Inductions, and drawing Conclusions. See ARGUMENT, INDUCTION, CONCLUSION, etc. See also DISCOURSE, RATIOCINATION, etc.
Argumentation, according to Cicero, is the delivering, or unfolding of an Argument. The Matter of Argumentations, is Propositions; the Form, their due Disposition with regard to one another.
See PROPOSITION, SYLLOGISM, ENTHYMEME, and SORITES.
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