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Argument, in Logic, an expression in which something is deduced from something else which is laid down or granted. The term is frequently used to signify the theme of a discussion or narrative, but more generally of the discussion itself. Various arguments have their distinctive names, such as argumentum ad hominem, ad baculinum. (in which recourse is had to physical force), etc.