Evaluate argument validity

Evaluate argument strength and identify unstated assumptions

Assessing claims in research, policy, and debate by checking both form and substance

• · argument text or claim chain
• · evidence provided

• · validity assessment
• · soundness check
• · assumption list
• · counterargument
• · credibility confidence

• · argument is explicit (or can be reconstructed)

• · Formally valid but unsound (premises false)
• · Evaluating ethos when logic matters more

• · Toulmin model applied
• · Deductive vs inductive reasoning
• · Premises checked for truth
• · Hidden assumptions surfaced
• · Counterexamples tested