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    Supports→A good argument is one that justifies its conclusion by providing good reasons for believing it

    Justifying a conclusion requires that the conclusion follows from the premises via informal validity

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    Within informal logic, the simplest criterion for good arguments is an informal analogue of soundness. It understands a good argument to be an argument that justifies its conclusion by providing good (strong, credible, etc.) reasons for believing it. Within the argument, this implies premises which are “acceptable” and a conclusion that follows from them. We can summarize this basic criterion as T = {A,V}, where A is an account of premise acceptability, and V is an account of informal validity w

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