Glossary

  1. Argument: A set of reasons in support of a claim
  2. Premise: The claims given as reasons for thinking the conclusion of the argument is true
  3. Inductive validity: An argument is valid if the conclusion necessarily follows from the premises. If the premises are true, then the conclusion must also be true.
  4. Soundness: An argument is sound is it is valid and all of its premises are true
  5. Epistemology: Study of knowledge
  6. Hypocrisy: Not living up to your own standards
  7. Mimesis: Imitation
  8. Pity: Feeling for someone who comes to grief without deserving it
  9. Fear: Feeling for ourselves as if we were in their position
  10. Form: The essence of definition, idea, type