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Sample statement
∴ sample statement is true
(Arguments are always represented as statements that can be their own point of debate (such as “grass is green” or “God is evil”) or as conditional statements (such as “If God is good, He would not commit evil.”); all of these can become their own points of discussion. If you want to defend why any of these are true, go to that page and make a defense there.
A key rule in constructing an argument is to make it in as few arguments as possible: strip away everything unnecessary. If it becomes long, condense some of the points into one and further explain the argument in that point's page.
While this website does not do it well, it is a good idea to survey if statements you make have already been made before elsewhere on the site.
The concluding statement is always the same: “[the statement]” or (if it needs it) “[the statement] is true”
The penultimate premise is always the same: “if the above is true, then [the statement]” or “if the above is true, then [the statement] is true” This allows every argument to be critiqued for its logic instead of the premises themselves.)
Analogies
(Analogies do not count as the evidence itself; they are simply there to help one understand the argument)
Important Works that Defend this Position
(Please cite in full author, Chicago-style bibliography format)
Counter-Argument
It is not that sample statement
(Counter-arguments are always the statement itself preceeded by “It is not that”)
(Important: counter-arguments do not refute any of the premises or the logic of the argument itself. Instead, they present a completely different argument which, if true, means that the statement here must be false (regardless of the arguments). In philosophy, this is called a Modus Tollens.)
Talk
Like the talk page of a Wiki article, this is a section not to debate the statement, but to discuss ways of improving the page. It may also be used to discuss whether the analogies appropriately or helpfully/unhelpfully reflect the statement and ways they can be improved.
