... that logically connect the reason to the conclusion When such unstated ideas are descriptive, we call them descriptive assumptions Let us present two such assumptions for the above argument ASSUMPTION ... reason?" The next natural step is to ask, "Is there any basis for accepting the assumptions? " If not, then, for you, the reason fails to provide support for the conclusion If so, then the reason ... speakers frequently are not aware of their own assumptions, their conscious beliefs may be quite different from the ideas you identify as implicit assumptions When you then make the hidden connecting...