0 a disagreement, or the process of disagreeing: --
1 a reason or reasons why you support or oppose an idea or suggestion, or the process of explaining these reasons: --
The central argument (= main point) of the book is that some of the plays were not written by Shakespeare.
I don't think that's a very strong/convincing/powerful argument.
[ + that ] Her husband was not convinced by her argument that they needed a bigger house.
Now that we've heard all the arguments for and against the proposal, let's vote on it.
2 the subject matter of a written work and the development of the ideas in it --
3 the reasons for your opinion about the truth of something or an explanation of why you believe something should be done: --
4 a strong and sometimes angry disagreement in talking or discussing something: --
I had an argument with my boss.
The chapters are carefully researched, and provide an engaging combination of substantial empirical detail with insightful larger arguments.
Plausible arguments for deploying the criminal law against such behavior can be made from grievance morality.
Instead, in the absence of conclusive arguments, the rational thing to do is to look at the evidence for both sides.
He may be right about that, but his arguments do not demonstrate that he is.
Although such a view is of course not entailed by the arguments in my last few paragraphs, it can per fectly well square with them.
As we will see, defenders of the restitutionar y account of necessity frame their arguments in terms of unjust enrichment.
Inductive arguments are therefore kinds of ampliative arguments, in which something beyond the content of the premises is inferred.
How to set parameters : arguments from language change.
