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Categories: Ignorance, Articles with short description, Cognitive inertia, Error, Informal fallacies
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petitio principii  petitio  begging the question  assuming the conclusion  Beg a question
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The logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question WordNet 3.0
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The logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In classical rhetoric and logic, begging the question or assuming the conclusion is an informal fallacy that occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion. Wikipedia
A logical fallacy Wikipedia Disambiguation
Type of fallacy, where a proposition is assumed as a premise, which itself needs a proof and directly entails the conclusion Wikidata
A logical fallacy in which a premise of an argument contains a direct or indirect assumption that the conclusion is true; offering a circular argument; circular reasoning. Wiktionary
A particular argument which commits the fallacy of begging the question; a circular argument. Wiktionary
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It is an instance of begging the question to argue that God can only do good deeds because God is good. Wiktionary
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logical fallacy
informal fallacy
PARTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH
circular reasoning
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petitio principii, petitio
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begging the question
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begging the question
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begging the question, petitio principii
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assuming the conclusion, Begging the question, petitio principii

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