Assertion: argument | /r/HasProperty | sound
Facets:
value: technically
type: MANNER
value: deductively
type: MANNER
value: in order to be flawless
type: PURPOSE
value: further
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: To say that an argument is “sound” is to say that that argument is valid and that all of its premises are true.
text: Because deductive arguments are those in which the truth of the conclusion is thought to be completely guaranteed and not just made probable by the truth of the premises, if the argument is a sound one, then we say the conclusion is “contained within” the premises; that is, the conclusion does not go beyond what the premises implicitly require.
text: An argument is called sound if and only if it is valid and all its premises are true.
text: It follows that the argument is sound.
text: If an argument is sound, then it is valid and has only true premises.
text: It follows that if an argument is sound, its final conclusion has to be true.
text: In fact, if an argument is sound, then all of its steps have to be true.
text: It is true that in order to be flawless, an argument must be sound.
text: This argument is actually sound.
text: Passing those tests, however, does not insure that arguments are sound and compelling.
text: Note that it is not necessary that the truth value of the conclusion play a role in determining whether an argument is sound.
text: Therefore, the argument is sound.
text: For an argument to be sound, it must be valid, and its premises must all be true.
text: For an argument to be sound, it must be valid, and the premises must be true.
text: Further, even if an argument is valid but some or all of its premises are false then also the argument is sound.
text: But this does not make sound arguments logically uninteresting because, if by some means, we know that an argument is sound then we may infer the truth of its conclusion.
text: The fallacies of relevance are a broad class of informal fallacies, generically represented by missing the point: presenting an argument, which may be sound, but fails to address the issue in question.
text: If indeed (DQ) is an a priori truth, as many philosophers maintain, and if we accept (CC) as a condition of reference, the argument appears to be sound.
text: Gaunilo's criticism does not explicitly demonstrate a flaw in Anselm's argument; rather, it argues that if Anselm's argument is sound, so are many other arguments of the same logical form, which cannot be accepted.
text: If a valid argument has true premises, then the argument is said also to be sound.
text: However, we have been given no information that would enable us to decide whether the two premises are both true, so we cannot assess whether the argument is deductively sound.
text: Since (7) follows validly, if (5) and (6) are true the argument is sound.
text: If valid, they are sound or unsound.
text: Also, an argument may be technically sound (valid with acceptable premises) but still not a "good" argument because of some informal fallacy (another kind of mistake in the reasoning but one not related to the pattern).
text: The argument may be sound or unsound.
text: If his argument is sound, Kahane has provided a kind of athiestic pragmatic argument that one could prefer that God not exist, even if God’s existence would render the world better overall than it otherwise would be.
text: Even if, however, we assume that Anselm’s second version of the argument can be defended against such objections, there is a further problem: it isn’t very convincing because it is so difficult to tell whether the argument is sound.
text: If the argument is valid and the premises are true, then the argument is "sound".
text: If an argument is sound and solid, it acts as a sign pointing to God.
text: If an argument is sound and solid, it acts as a sign pointing to God.
text: We want our arguments to be good, such that their conclusion follows from their premises; but we also want them to be sound, meaning that their premises are true, and their conclusions follows from their premises.
text: (Note that in a distinct philosophical use of the term, an argument is sound when it is both valid and its premises are true.)
text: Soundness - An argument is sound when it is both valid and all of its premises are true.
text: Notice as well that all of the premises are true (as of this writing), so the argument is also sound.
text: Next we should check to see if the argument is sound.