argument form

See also: argument-form

English

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.

Alternative forms

Noun

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

Hyponyms

See also

  • logical form
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