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A speaker offers a set of reasons in support of a claim. That whole package is an:Read the answer and worked solution →Every argument has two components: the conclusion and the:Read the answer and worked solution →The claim an arguer wants you to accept is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Each individual claim given in support of a conclusion is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →

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A speaker offers a set of reasons in support of a claim. That whole package is an:

  1. Argument
  2. Argosy
  3. Armature
  4. Armistice
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Correct answer: A. Argument

1. Reasons are being offered. 2. They point toward one claim. 3. That package is an argument. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Philosophy, Chapter 5, Logic and Reasoning._

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Every argument has two components: the conclusion and the:

  1. Reminders
  2. Reasons
  3. Rehearsals
  4. Recesses
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Correct answer: B. Reasons

1. Something must support the claim. 2. Those supports are stated openly. 3. They are the reasons. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Philosophy, Chapter 5, Logic and Reasoning._

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The claim an arguer wants you to accept is the:

  1. Conclusion
  2. Concession
  3. Confession
  4. Convention
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Correct answer: A. Conclusion

1. It is the target of the whole argument. 2. Everything else supports it. 3. That is the conclusion. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Philosophy, Chapter 5, Logic and Reasoning._

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