Sentences with phrase «premise of one's argument»

The basic premise of the argument Keynes had with his peers is the same as the one today.

The underlying premise of their argument is that evil intentions spawn evil deeds, and it is better to nip the foul flower in the bud rather than wait for the wicked action to blossom.

Using it can undercut the entire premise of your argument that you deserve to be paid more and you deserve a more competitive salary.

It seems to me that the main premise of your argument is that «the casual reader» can not find reliable information about eBook quality, which is what makes the market for new eBooks (there is no used eBooks market) similar to that described by Akerlof.

In any event, neither Hayek nor Rawls could argue their case for «social justice» in particular cases using deductive or inductive logic because the major premise of their arguments — the meaning of the term «social justice» — isn't sufficiently accepted.

Although I agree with the basic premise of this argument, I would be remiss if I did not point out that the inroads science has made into those realms previously occupied by religion is far greater than just storm prediction.

Notwithstanding the fact that there is no guarantee that a merchant wouldn't simply pocket these profits, we question the underlying premise of this argument.

George Kennedy's comment in New Testament Interpretation Through Rhetorical Criticism can be applied to Lincoln and King: «In religious discourse... the premises of argument are usually based on a scriptural authority or personal intuition, enunciated in sacred language.»

Aporia is an intractable philosophical puzzle — a puzzle in which you believe every premise of an argument, but there is no way they could all be true.

(in an appropriate format) the computer would respond negatively, indicating that this conclusion does not logically follow from the premises of the argument.

The Prince went on to question the premises of the argument for liturgical revision: «What we have to ask ourselves, it seems to me, is whether, by making the words less poetic, you really do make them more democratic.

While i agree with the premise of your argument, i feel you are slightly «off - base» here.

Understood and I edited the «your» to «the» but you do seem to have some affinity with the premise of the argument here and not purely an academic pursuit, which would be fine of course.

Asking who «created» the creator is a non-sequitur because it violates the premises of the argument: that there must be a first cause for material things by necessity, and so there must be some immaterial cause above and outside of the universe itself.

I get the premise of your argument that top money shouldn't be Ryan's b / c he isn't the top QB in the league just top 5 but that is just how the NFL system works.

Disagree, with the premise of your argument Makalele was small, and i disagree with this articl because clearly yo people have never seen Moutinho play, he can not be compared to Arteta or Flamini because hes world class, did nt you people see the way he dominated Spain and Germanys midfields in the euros?I do nt think the writer of this article is educated enough about football to comment on Moutinho

That is clearly one of the premises of this argument.

The premise of this argument is all wrong.

I always understood «begs the question» as meaning «to assume the truth of a conclusion in the process of arguing for that conclusion, by for example including the truth of the conclusion in a premise of the argument».

The premise of their argument is that there is more to the exchange that is being ignored.

The problem here is not the premise of the argument — it's the conclusion.

The premise of his argument is that ideas are what elicit passion in people.

Fourth and most importantly, the argument is a non sequitur — the conclusion doesn't follow from the premise of the argument.

So Eric (since this was written with your argument in mind), is any premise of your argument significantly at odds with this model of climate?

If the climate science is correct (the premise of the argument) then we need them to keep doing the science to the best of their abilities.

Neither of his rivals, Jim Prentice nor Thomas Lukaszuk, has refuted the premise of his argument that the province needs more control over the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) to give employers more access to cheap, disposable workers.

The premise of this argument is that the person with the condition may not have represented the medical needs and history of medications needed to combat whatever illness he or she was taking the medication for.