A complex argument includes single claims that both give and receive support.
It's an argument that runs on.
Now you don't just have a premise(s) and 1 conclusion but an additional conclusion birthed from the first.
EX:
in a complex argument you have
premise(s) a - conclusion a
premise ab and conclusion b
premise ab - is a sub-conclusion (or intermediate conclusion or major premise) a claim that receives and gives support to another claim. this is both conclusion and premise.
Congratulations, your argument just had a baby!! Its name is Sub-conclusion.
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A complex argument includes single claims that both give and receive support.
It's an argument that runs on.
Now you don't just have a premise(s) and 1 conclusion but an additional conclusion birthed from the first.
EX:
in a complex argument you have
premise(s) a - conclusion a
premise ab and conclusion b
premise ab - is a sub-conclusion (or intermediate conclusion or major premise) a claim that receives and gives support to another claim. this is both conclusion and premise.
Congratulations, your argument just had a baby!! Its name is Sub-conclusion.