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Begging the question

In classical rhetoric and logic, begging the question or assuming the conclusion (Latin: petitio principii) is an informal fallacy that occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion. Historically, begging the question refers to a fault in a dialectical argument in which the speaker assumes some premise that has not been…

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related to history · 10
Begging the question → Ancient Greek, Aristotle, Aristotle's, II, In, Prior Analytics, Sophistical Refutations, The, Topics, VIII
related to Related fallacies · 8
Begging the question → Begging, Closely, For, However, Mary, The, Unless, Which
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Begging the question → English, Hopewell's, In, India, Spending, Such, Which
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Begging the question → fallacy of circular reasoning

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