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well. And so on. We fall in an infinite regress. This is an important philosophical problem that we are not going to discuss! In practice, we often appeal to argumentative strategies so that our claims will be accepted without demanding further justification: 1. Assuring 2. Guarding 3. Discounting These strategies are often helpful in argumentation but they should be used with caution. Syllogisms Arguments we discussed are far were mostly formed by 2 premises and 1 conclusion and contained 3 terms. All ​Birds​ are Animals All Swans are ​Birds Therefore, All Swans are Animals The ​Middle Term ​(Birds) appears in both premises but not in the conclusion. Such arguments are called Syllogisms. Question: ​How many forms of syllogisms are there? A syllogism has the following form: ​ ---- T ---- T ---- T ---- T Therefore, ---- T ---- T