What Defines a Convergent Argument?

[Logical Dog]

Is it any argument structure not classified as a syllogism? where premises lead to conclusions which is another premise.

It seems that the definition is that in a convergent argument all the premises are independent of each other and support the conclusion only. But how does one know?

"I think I should buy this used Toyota Corolla. It is in good shape, it gets good mileage, and besides, it is within my budget." the website here: https://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/courses/hum2020/argumentstructures1.htm says that the above statement is convergent.

How can it be modified to become non convergent?

 

[Stephen Tashi]

It seems that the definition is that in a convergent argument all the premises are independent of each other and support the conclusion only. But how does one know?

As far as I know, "convergent argument" is not a term that is precisely defined in mathematical logic. It sounds like terminology from the old-fashioned field of "Rhetoric".

 

[Logical Dog]

As far as I know, "convergent argument" is not a term that is precisely defined in mathematical logic. It sounds like terminology from the old-fashioned field of "Rhetoric".

ah ok...I would like to clarify that I am studying schaums outlines of Logic (logic in general) and it shows up in the first chapter. But not in the book Logic for dummies..so you may be right!

 

[FactChecker]

It looks like the term "convergent logic" simply refers to a combination of basic independent statements joined by "and". So it is a simple narrowing down of the options to the final conclusion. I am not familiar enough with the terminology of logic to state it more formally, but I'm sure that it can be done.