Philosophy A-Level
Embedded arguments within longer texts
What Embedded arguments within longer texts means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Embedded arguments within longer texts
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A text may contain an argument embedded among non-argumentative material, so identify the specific sentences that do the inferential work.
Topics that use Embedded arguments within longer texts
- Subject content: Language of argumentation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Argument from analogy
- Argument versus assertion and rhetoric
- Circularity
- hypothetical reasoning
- Inference indicator words
- Main conclusions and sub-conclusions
- Ockham’s Razor
- Premises and assumptions
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