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Argument: a set of propositions consisting of premises and a conclusion.
O Deduction: arguments where the conclusion follows necessarily from the
Premises.
O Induction: arguments where the conclusion follows from the premises with
Some degree of probability.
O Validity: when it is impossible for a deductive argument to have all true
Premises and a false conclusion.
O Soundness: when a deductive argument is valid and all the premises are
Actually true.
O Strength: when the conclusion is probable/likely relative to the premises in an
Inductive argument.
O Reliability: when an inductive argument is strong and all the premises are
Actually true.
Divided Line analogy, the study of necessary truths
(arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music, dialectic), and the forms.