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American Humanist Association
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Definition:
The American Humanist Association, founded in 1941, is one of the oldest secular organizations in the United States and serves to further the cause of educating people about humanism and supporting humanists.

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What is an Argument?
It helps to know what, exactly, an argument is before you can critique one and tell what is wrong with it. Sometimes, people say they are making arguments when they are not!

How do you critique an argument?
Assuming that we have established that we have an actual argument, the next step is to examine it for validity. There are two points on which an argument might fail: its premises or its inferences.

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