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Definition: The word Zeitgeist is German and literally means "spirit of the times." It is used to refer to the general mood, trend, or style of thinking which is characteristic to some period in art. For example, the Zeitgeist of Romanticism can called sentiment or emotion.
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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.
