What is the primary objective of an argument?

Question

this is what I wrote... Does it sounds right?

The primary objective of an argument is to persuade the opponent that your conclusion is sound and fair. You will demonstrate that your argument is sound by providing facts in the premises and in which it will support the conclusion.

Answer 1

Since your thesis statement proposes that the "primary objective of an argument is to persuade the opponent that your conclusion is sound and fair", you might want to follow that with two more sentences.  One sentence to say why your argument is "sound" (which you did) and another sentence to say why it's "fair" (which you omitted).

Perhaps the two sentences would be something like:

You demonstrate that your argument is sound by providing irrefutable facts to support your conclusion. You demonstrate that it's fair by thoughtfully considering, but ultimately rejecting,  the position taken by your opponent.

Hope this is helpful and that I didn't completely miss your point.

Answer 2

some people just like to be argumentative - they like the challenge of refuting any sort of statement - and the refutation does not need to be based on facts; when the known facts actually support the statement, it becomes necessary to employ some sort of sophistry to re-frame the perspective. even if the facts are unassailable, they can be invalidated by attacking the source, or means of delivery. you see this in court all the time - for example, defense counsel for someone accused of rape might attack the credibility of a victim by exploring the victim's sexual history. the facts concerning the actual act may not have changed, but they've been made irrelevant by reframing the perspective and making the issue the behavior of the victim.

in this light, i submit that the primary objective of an argument is to *win*.

Answer 3

The primary objective of an argument is to persuade the opponent that your conclusion is sound and fair. You will demonstrate that your argument is sound by providing facts in the premises THAT will support the conclusion.

"And in which it will support the conclusion" does not make much sense to me.

But yes you are right. The whole point of an argument is to prove that you are in the right and to back up your point with facts.