Term (argumentation)

{{Short description | Part of a statement referring to something}} In argumentation theory, a '''term''' (or '''notion''') is that part of a statement in an argument which refers to a specific thing. A term is usually, but not always expressed as a noun. According to ''Essentials of Logic'', the word is derived from the Latin "terminus."<ref name="essentials">{{cite book |last1=Dinwiddie |first1=William |title=Essentials of Logic |date=1914 |publisher=The Neale Publishing Company |location=New York |url=https://ia800309.us.archive.org/9/items/essentialsoflogi00dinw/essentialsoflogi00dinw.pdf |access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>

One of the requirements to informally prove a conclusion with a deductive argument is for all its terms to be used unambiguously. The ambiguous use of a term in a deductive argument may be an instance of the fallacy of four terms.<ref name="essentials" />

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