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Missing Premises
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Everyday arguments often leave a premise unstated. Fair evaluation supplies the missing premise explicitly—and charitably.
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"She's a politician, so she's lying." Unstated premise: all politicians lie. Spoken aloud, the weak link becomes visible and testable.
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Supply the premise the argument needs, not the most ridiculous candidate—weak reconstructions refute nobody.