logical argument
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflogicalandargument
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logical
adjective
uk/ˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
using ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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(Definition oflogicalandargumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflogical argument
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Thelogicalargumentis able to be challenged by the greater-good hypothesis.
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Three arguments will be offered in favor of this position: thelogicalargument, the metaphysical argument, and the argument from analogy (with other professions).
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I suspect thelogicalargumentwill be they have (or will be) been covered elsewhere and no book can cover everything.
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It is, of course, common now to believe that a workablelogicalargumentfrom evil is never going to be formulated.
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I take it that this would be the analogue of thelogicalargumentfor fatalism.
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This argument makes no attempt to defend (2), and none to defend thelogicalargument.
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It would be on this basis that thelogicalargumentcould serve as a means of persuading a theist to become a non-theist.
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A natural response open to the non-theist is to defend (2), and thelogicalargumentas a whole, by rejecting the greater-good hypothesis.
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The free-will defence is widely considered the best available theistic response to thelogicalargumentfrom evil.
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Through the 1850s and into the 1860s he returned to the subject again and again, probing ever deeper into the fine structure oflogicalargument.
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It fails to accomplish what would be dialectically most valuable in a workablelogicalargument, and so fails to serve as a substitute.
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This paper provides a strong normative andlogicalargumentin favour of unanimity rule in jury trials.
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As we will see, this is more of alogicalargumentthan a historical one.
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Instead of thinking of the debate as pitting theodicies against thelogicalargument, it is common to think of it as pitting sceptical theism against the empirical argument.
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When this rejection is brought to consciousness in a focus-group context, informants utilize various rhetorical devices andlogicalargumentstructures to justify their dispositional attitudes in the context of policing.
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Whilst intellectually this seems alogicalargument, it is difficult to support in practice.
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It is somewhat disjointed, partly because of the excessively short chapters, and its early sections rely heavily on data from secondary sources rather than critical analysis orlogicalargument.
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The non-theist would prefer not to depend on having to formulate a workablelogicalargument, and the theist would prefer not to depend on having to formulate a workable theodicy.
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