How to Form an Argument?
Rather than describe how to analyze an argument, I'll explain how to construct one. It follows that critical analysis is the exploration of whether an argument contains high-quality versions of the features described here, linked coherently to support the conclusion or conclusions of the argument.
Though they need not be presented at the beginning of an argument (and indeed may not be explicit at all), any argument depends on a collection of assumptions or premises. These are statements accepted as true for the purpose of exploring the subject of the argument. The validity of any assumption depends on the context; in any field, some things are considered uncontested knowledge while others are contested. An example of uncontested knowledge in computing could be the features and operation of a universal Turing machine; the facts were documented and proven mathematically in the 1930s and are generally agreed to represent a sound base on which the rest of computer...