(logic) Alternative form of argument form

Alternative form of pseudoargument

To believe an opinion has enough justification to sustain a debate about it, whether or not the opinion is ultimately true.

(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.

(philosophy, linguistics) Explanation and analysis—often considered controversial—of one or more concepts or linguistic terms by means of an exposition of their linguistic origins.

(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.

(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.

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

A fallacy where a proposition is assumed to be true because it has not yet been proved false, or vice versa.