Critical Thinking
is this passage an argument?
"Whether our argument concerns public affairs or some other subject we must know some, if not all, of the facts about the subject on which we are to speak and argue. Otherwise, we can have no materials out of which to construct arguments." -Aristotle

While there are certainly 2 related statements in the passage they seem to say we need facts in order to create an argument ...Without facts there can be no argument.

Question

Critical Thinking
is this passage an argument?
 "Whether our argument concerns public affairs or some other subject we must know some, if not all, of the facts about the subject on which we are to speak and argue. Otherwise, we can have no materials out of which to construct arguments." -Aristotle    

While there are certainly 2 related statements in the passage they seem to say we need facts in order to create an argument ...Without facts there can be no argument.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you.