argumentation

Example Sentences

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Debate and argumentation — impassioned, even ferocious — is the mother’s milk of science, they said.

From Seattle Times

There's a classic list of dirty tricks that you can use to win an argument that don't bring you any closer to the truth, like ad hominem argumentation.

From Salon

His characteristic brew of Yiddish jokes, brainy comics and incisive argumentation is a pleasure to read, even when the subjects are technical and mathematical.

From Washington Post

Decades of rational argumentation and emotional appeals did little to move the needle, policy-wise.

From Salon

The famous logical fallacy of straw man argumentation works because it sort of hijacks the mind's immune system and induces it to overreact to a good argument.

From Salon