argumentissa

Argumentissa is the inessive singular form of the Finnish noun argumentti, meaning an argument or a line of reasoning. In standard Finnish, argumentissa is used to indicate location inside a particular argument or the body of reasoning within a discussion, text, or speech. It can refer to a specific argument within a debate or to a section of a written argument.

Usage of the term is common in both spoken and written Finnish. For example, in a debate one might say, "Tässä argumentissa esitetyt väitteet ovat virheellisiä," meaning "The claims presented in this argument are incorrect." In more formal writing, argumentissa helps the reader focus on a discrete set of claims or evidence within a larger discussion, such as "Tätä kohtaa käsitellään toisessa luvussa, tässä argumentissa keskitytään toisiin todisteisiin."

Grammatical and lexical note: argumentissa is formed by adding the inessive suffix -ssa to argumentti. Finnish nouns undergo various case endings to express relations like location, ownership, or movement, and argumentissa is simply the locative form used to denote "in the argument." The term is not a separate philosophical concept; it is a normal inflected form of a common noun used to describe a part of discourse or reasoning. See also argument, väite, and väitteiden perustelut for related concepts in Finnish argumentation and rhetoric.