The state of being argumentative.

plural of ontological argument

(philosophy, theology) A type of argument which maintains that the existence of God can be deduced from an analysis of the concept of God.

(philosophy, theology) A type of argument for the existence of God, stating that orderliness of nature is evidence of design, therefore also of a designer.

plural of teleological argument

plural of cosmological argument

(theology, philosophy) A type of argument for the existence of God arguing that since every thing and event that begins at a point in time has a cause, there must be an uncaused first cause.

The claim that a writer or speaker makes about a controversial issue.

(informal) A term often conflated with begging the question in philosophy. / (philosophy, logic) An argument which commits the logical fallacy of assuming what it is attempting to prove.

(logic) The result of replacing parts of an argument with letters, leaving only logic words such as "if" and "for all" unreplaced.