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Cogency - Good argument

Cogency - Good argument: Encyclopedia II - Cogency - Good argument

Good argument, as used by philosophers and many others, means simply a sound or cogent argument. If one has offered a sound or cogent argument in defense of one's conclusion, then one has stated a true view, or at least a probably true view. The premises of one's argument support, or, with some sophisticated complications aside, justify one's belief in the conclusion. A good argument is the closest thing we have to a guarantee that a belief is true. If one is armed with a good argument, one has helped to justify one's belief in the c ...

Cogency: Encyclopedia II - Cogency - Good argument

Cogency - Good argument

Good argument, as used by philosophers and many others, means simply a sound or cogent argument. If one has offered a sound or cogent argument in defense of one's conclusion, then one has stated a true view, or at least a probably true view. The premises of one's argument support, or, with some sophisticated complications aside, justify one's belief in the conclusion.

A good argument is the closest thing we have to a guarantee that a belief is true. If one is armed with a good argument, one has helped to justify one's belief in the conclusion, and to remove doubts about it.