Argument (Logic)

An Argument in logic is a sequence of statements, called premises, followed by a final statement called the conclusion, which is claimed to follow from the premises.

For example:

• If it's raining, the ground is wet.
• It's raining.
• Therefore, the ground is wet.

An argument is a Valid Argument if the conclusion must be true whenever all the premises are true. Validity depends only on the form of the argument, not on whether the premises are actually true. See also Propositional Logic and Predicate Logic.