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Begging the question (or petitio principii , "assuming the initial point") is a logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proved is assumed implicitly or explicitly in the premise. Beggin...
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Petitio principii (circular) argument is described and several examples are noted. ... Homepage > Logic > Informal Fallacies > Fallacies of Relevance > Petitio Principii...
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The phrase "begging the question", or "petitio principii" in Latin, refers to the "question" in a formal debate—that is, the issue being debated. In such a debate, one side may ask the other side to concede certain points in order to speed up the proceedings.
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By Austin Cline, About.co ... Examples and Discussion ... Alternative Names: Petitio Principii; Circular Argument; Circulus in Probando; Circulus in Demonstrando; Vicious Circle...
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The truth of the conclusion is assumed by the premises. Often, the conclusion is simply restated in the premises in a slightly different form. In more difficult cases, the premise is a consequence of the conclusion. ... Since I'm not lying, ... We know that God exists, since the Bible says God exists. What the Bible says must...
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petitio principii is "begging the question. To beg the question is to assume as true the thing that you’re trying to prove. Disputing this claim is not an argument against the existence of the idea being disputed. ... petitio principii is "begging the question. To beg the question is to assume as true the thing that...
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Singular; petitio principii ... 1869, C. S. Pierce, "Grounds of Validity of the laws of Logic: Further Consequences of Four Incapacities." Journal of Speculative Philosophy. ... A somewhat similar objection has been made by Locke and others, to the effect that the ordinary demonstrative syllogism is a petitio principii...
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