Reasoning

An Arguer presents a Content, along with Support, to an Addressee. The Content may refer elliptically to a course of action or it may refer to a proposition that the Addressee is to believe. Some lexical units (e.g. "prove") indicate the speaker's belief about the Content.Jan argued that the evidence was inadmissable.Jan argued against the admissability of the evidence.Jan proved that the evidence was inadmissable.