a Fortiori Stronger Case Argument Lookup

Offline bounded reference card: An a-fortiori argument transfers a claim from one ordered case to a stronger case using an independently justified monotonic warrant. References Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria; Aristotle, Rhetoric; Silva Rhetoricae rhetorical terminology. Ordering alone is insufficient; exceptions and warrant applicability must be checked.

Description

An a-fortiori argument transfers a claim along an ordered comparison using a justified monotonic warrant.

An a-fortiori argument transfers a claim along an ordered comparison using a justified monotonic warrant.^[1]

Ordering alone cannot establish that the transfer holds or that no exceptions apply.

When to use a Fortiori Stronger Case Argument Lookup

Use this tool when you need to read a bounded offline explanation and its reference scope. Establish the language, clause boundaries, transcription basis, source context, or evidence annotations required by this particular tool.

How to use a Fortiori Stronger Case Argument Lookup and understand its results

Establish the language, clause boundaries, transcription basis, source context, or evidence annotations required by this particular tool.
Enter topic, following the field table and calculation rules below, then run the tool.
Read result. Inspect the nested fields in the output table below and keep any missing evidence or selected indices visible.
Correct any input issues and run again. Before using a successful result, review its units, signs, evidence coverage, and stated model or reference assumptions.

Input field	Meaning	Value type	Requirement
topic	Exact offline reference token: summary, reference, or limitations	string	Required

Choose one exact supported topic token below: summary, reference, or limitations. Run the tool and read result.text. The implementation looks up a fixed own-property entry and returns its text unchanged; unsupported tokens fail. The reference entry names sources but does not fetch them or reproduce their full texts.

result.text=builtInReference[topic]

Read these symbols with the field meanings and branch or reference rules above.

Topic token	Built-in result.text
summary	An a-fortiori argument transfers a claim from one ordered case to a stronger case using an independently justified monotonic warrant.
reference	Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria; Aristotle, Rhetoric; Silva Rhetoricae rhetorical terminology.
limitations	Ordering alone is insufficient; exceptions and warrant applicability must be checked.

Output field	Meaning	Value type
result	Object containing the fields below	object
result.text	Exact built-in reference text for the chosen topic	string

json

{
  "input": {
    "topic": "summary"
  },
  "output": {
    "result": {
      "text": "An a-fortiori argument transfers a claim from one ordered case to a stronger case using an independently justified monotonic warrant."
    }
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

This is a small offline explanatory card. Its named references do not mean that the tool retrieves external material, verifies a current programme rule, or exhaustively represents every rhetorical tradition. Ordering alone is insufficient; exceptions and warrant applicability must be checked.

Missing required fields, unknown fields, wrong types, and violated calculation rules return input issues. Extremely large composite outputs are rejected.

Alternative or Complementary methods

For a related task, use Reductio Ad Absurdum Counterexample Method Lookup: Reductio tests a proposition by tracing consequences under stated assumptions. A disliked consequence and a logical contradiction require different warrants, which this reference keeps separate. For a complementary step, use Enthymeme Suppressed Premise Exposer: An enthymeme may rely on an unstated premise or warrant. This tool exposes a user-proposed warrant while leaving its truth and logical necessity unresolved.

References

a Fortiori Stronger Case Argument Lookup — tool.io

Similar or alternative tools

Reductio Ad Absurdum Counterexample Method Lookup
Reductio tests a proposition by tracing consequences under stated assumptions. A disliked consequence and a logical contradiction require different warrants, which this reference keeps separate.
Enthymeme Suppressed Premise Exposer
An enthymeme may rely on an unstated premise or warrant. This tool exposes a user-proposed warrant while leaving its truth and logical necessity unresolved.