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1 • Abortion is morally wrong. • Earth orbits the Sun • Water freezes at Zeo degrees Celsius Arguments and Non-Arguments An argument is a group of statements of which one (the conclusion) is claimed to follow from the others (the premises). A statement is a sentence that is either true or false. A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought, feeling, or idea and has a subject and a predicate. Premises contain information intended to provide support or evidence for a conclusion. The conclusion is the statement that is claimed to follow from the premises. In addition, an argument is composed of one or more premises and a conclusion. Note: that while an argument may have one or more premises an argument can only have 1 conclusion. There may be an article that contains many arguments, but each argument must have only 1 conclusion. The conclusion of an argument is the claim/thesis or idea that is trying to be established, whereas a premise is a statement offered as evidence in favor of the conclusion. One famous example of an argument is this (Also referred to in Professor Watts’ class as the Classical argument): (1) All men are mortal. (2) Socrates is a man. Therefor...