An argument is a series of statements typically used to persuade someone of something or to present reasons for accepting a conclusion.

– Wikipedia

Arguments can be deductive or inductive.

Deductive arguments are based on premises

that aim to guarantee the truth of the conclusion.

While inductive arguments only support the probability of something being true.

Arguing from first-principles, as is done in science, are deductive arguments.

Most other arguments tend to fall in the latter category

because the premises are not falsifiable

or don’t have sufficient certainty.

We tend to rely on the art of

rhetoric to make a case, or

analogy to defend a case, or

just plain will to force a case.

I have argued with all these instruments in the past,

and while I may have won the argument,

I didn’t always win on the goal.

You can’t force the goal.

It’s much more important to achieve the right goal together

than be pseudo-right together or

absolutely right alone.