Conclusion

Point at Issue

the main point at issue is an issue in dispute is are committed to disagreeing about expresses a point of agreement

Method of Argument

Assumption

Tests to Use

# Faslification Test

Negate the choice and see if the argument stands. If it collapses, the choice is among the assumptions that the argument depends.

# Main Point Test

If the choice is the conclusion or main point of the passage, it is necessarily not the assumption.

Weaken/Strengthen

Principle

Flaw

Parallel Reasoning

Resolve Discrepancy