The phrase "argument is assumed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate that a particular argument or premise is taken for granted without needing explicit proof or discussion.
Example: "In this analysis, the argument is assumed that all participants have equal access to resources."
Alternatives: "the argument is taken for granted" or "the argument is presumed".
These terse exclamations are meant to draw the reader to her side of the argument (it is assumed that the reader will agree with them).
We expect business ethics scholars to be aligned with the values of their argument, so it is assumed they will be totally honest, integrated and implicated in the research method's process and results.
The analysis of this fallacy is that the general premise could not be known to be true unless the conclusion was known to be true; so, in making the argument the conclusion is assumed true from the beginning, or in an older mode of expression, the arguer has committed the fallacy of begging the question.
The same argument applies when it is assumed ( X_{i} ge X_{j} ).
The main arguments are that Cr III) is assumed to be retained within the leather, whereas Cr VI) is soluble (27, 28), that chromate [Cr VI)] is considered to be a more potent allergen, and that Cr VI) compounds are able to induce allergy and dermatitis at lower exposure levels than most Cr III) compounds (6, 27, 29, 30).
Thus when we look at Zeno's arguments we must ask two related questions: whom or what position is Zeno attacking, and what exactly is assumed for argument's sake?
The Euler wavelet (psi_{nm}(t)=psi k,n,m,t)) involves four arguments, (n=1,ldots,2^{k-1}), k is assumed to be any positive integer, m is the degree of the Euler polynomials, and t is the normalized time.
The plastic potential depends on the same arguments, but a nonassociated flow rule is assumed.
We consider stiffly accurate collocation methods based on Radau nodes for the integration of initial value problems for implicit delay differential equations of the form My′(t)="f t,y(t),y α1 t,y(t))),…,y αp t,y(t)))), where M is a constant matrix and αi t,y(t)) (i= 1,…,p) denote the deviating arguments, which are assumed to satisfy the inequalities αi t,y(t))⩽t for all i.
I'll concede that I might be off base here, but I think Douthat is assuming that recondite arguments over procreation and gay marriage, which are common in his highly-educated social group, are also common in the groups where marriage has declined.
