argumentation

noun3

1. •
   Inference based on reasoning from given propositions.

   • His chain of argumentation is flawed.
2. •
   An exchange of arguments

   • Their argumentation continued long into the night.
3. •
   The addition of arguments to a model; parameterization.

   • An argumentation framework has an obvious representation as a directed graph where nodes are arguments and edges are drawn from attacking to attacked arguments. — 2009