title: Argument (disambiguation)
text: In logic and philosophy, an argument is an attempt to persuade someone of something, or give evidence or reasons for accepting a particular conclusion.
  
  Argument may also refer to:
  
  Mathematics and computer science
  Argument (complex analysis), a function which returns the polar angle of a complex number
  Command-line argument, an item of information provided to a program when it is started
  Parameter (computer programming), a piece of data provided as input to a subroutine
  Argument principle, a theorem in complex analysis 
  An argument of a function, also known as an independent variable
  
  Language and rhetoric
  Argument (literature), a brief summary, often in prose, of a poem or section of a poem or other work
  Argument (linguistics), a phrase that appears in a syntactic relationship with the verb in a clause
  Oral argument in the United States, a spoken presentation to a judge or appellate court by a lawyer (or parties when representing themselves) of the legal reasons why they should prevail
  Closing argument, in law, the concluding statement of each party's counsel reiterating the important arguments in a court case
  
  Other uses
  Musical argument, a concept in the theory of musical form
  Argument (ship), an Australian sloop wrecked in 1809
  Das Argument, a German academic journal
  Argument Clinic, a Monty Python sketch
  A disagreement between two or more parties or the discussion of the disagreement
  Argument (horse)
  
  See also
  
  The Argument (disambiguation)
  argumentation