Pathos Is Not A Dirty Word, And It Belongs In A Writerâs Vocabulary. Pathos is down on its luck these days; appeals to emotion are bound up in reasonable fears of âpost-truthâ and âpopulistâ writing, but Iâm here to tell you that intelligent use of pathos can make your fiction better.
Sometimes a person thinks they are offering an argument when they are only providing assertions. Perhaps the simplest explanation of what an argument is comes from Monty Pythons Argument Clinic sketch: 1  An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a definite proposition.
Noun. 1. logical argument-a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; I can't follow your line of reasoning. line of reasoning, argumentation, argument, line. abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning-thinking that is coherent and logical.