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To: stylin_geek; Lead Moderator
An argument can be described as a series of propositional phrases?

An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.

Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.

173 posted on 01/05/2004 2:23:24 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Hyakugojyuuichi !)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
(thinking) No it isn't!
174 posted on 01/05/2004 2:25:18 PM PST by Lead Moderator
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts; Lead Moderator
Try this...an argument can be described as a series of propositional phrases....an argument can be described as a series of prepositonal phrases. I was trying for a little word play. Sorry for the confusion.
176 posted on 01/05/2004 2:37:21 PM PST by stylin_geek (Koffi: 0, G.W. Bush: (I lost count))
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