Argument (disambiguation)

In philosophy and logic, an argument is an attempt to persuade someone of something, or give evidence or reasons for accepting a particular conclusion.

Argument may also refer to:

Mathematics and computer science

• Argument (complex analysis), a function which returns the polar angle of a complex number
• Parameter (computer programming), a piece of data provided as input to a subroutine
• Argument principle, a theorem in complex analysis
• An argument of a function, also known as an independent variable

Language and rhetoric

• Argument (literature), a brief summary, often in prose, of a poem or section of a poem or other work
• Argument (linguistics), a phrase that appears in a syntactic relationship with the verb in a clause
• Oral argument, in US law, a spoken presentation to a judge or appellate court by a lawyer (or parties when representing themselves) of the legal reasons why they should prevail
• Closing argument, in law, the concluding statement of each party's counsel reiterating the important arguments in a court case

Music

• Musical argument, a concept in the theory of musical form

Other uses

• Argument (ship), an Australian sloop wrecked in 1809
• The Argument, the sixth studio album from the post-hardcore band Fugazi
• Argument Clinic, a Monty Python sketch
• A disagreement between two or more parties or the discussion of the disagreement