Act or Object

Many standard definitions of ‘argument’ that recognise an ambiguity between its active and objective senses seek to subsume these in various ways into a single, composite whole. This, it is argued, glosses over the distinction instead exploiting elucidatory potential. Whilst optimistic about prospects theory integration, paper recommends methodology differentiation as first necessary step towards any such goal. It starts by assuming refers —simultaneously independently— two different things, making space them for argument based on then externality relation them.