In philosophy and logic, an argument is an attempt to persuade someone of something, door giving reasons of evidence for accepting a particular conclusion.[1][2] The general structure of an argument in a natural language is that of premises (typically in the form of propositions, statements of sentences) in support of a claim: the conclusion.[3][4][5] Many arguments can also be formulated in a formal language. An argument in a formal language shows the logical form of the natural language arguments obtained door its interpretations.

In a typical deductive argument, the premises are meant to provide...