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  2. Begging the question - Wikipedia

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    Closely connected with begging the question is the fallacy of circular reasoning (circulus in probando), a fallacy in which the reasoner begins with the conclusion. [26] The individual components of a circular argument can be logically valid because if the premises are true, the conclusion must be true, and does not lack relevance. However ...

  3. Circular reasoning - Wikipedia

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    Circular reasoning is closely related to begging the question, and in modern usage the two generally refer to the same thing. [4] Circular reasoning is often of the form: "A is true because B is true; B is true because A is true." Circularity can be difficult to detect if it involves a longer chain of propositions.

  4. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    Circular reasoning (circulus in demonstrando) – the reasoner begins with what they are trying to end up with (e.g.: all bachelors are unmarried males). Fallacy of many questions (complex question, fallacy of presuppositions, loaded question, plurium interrogationum ) – someone asks a question that presupposes something that has not been ...

  5. Fallacy - Wikipedia

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    Assuming the conclusion of an argument, a kind of circular reasoning, also called "begging the question" (petitio principii) Making jumps in logic (non sequitur) Identifying a false cause and effect (post hoc ergo propter hoc) Asserting that everyone agrees (argumentum ad populum, bandwagoning)

  6. Informal fallacy - Wikipedia

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    Begging the question is a form of circular reasoning in which the conclusion is already assumed in the premises. [16] [12] [8] [3] [1] Because of this, the premises are unable to provide independent support for the conclusion. For example, the statement "Green is the best color because it is the greenest of all colors", offers no independent ...

  7. Regress argument (epistemology) - Wikipedia

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    The most common objection to naïve Coherentism is that it relies on the idea that circular justification is acceptable. In this view, P ultimately supports P, begging the question. Coherentists reply that it is not just P that is supporting P, but P along with the totality of the other statements in the whole system of belief.

  8. Circular Reasoning, Waste Avoidance Are Now Investable ... - AOL

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    The circular economy framework is one that is regenerative, restorative, and focused on systematic resourcefulness," according to Direxion.Why It's ImportantWWOW isn't a recycling exchange traded.

  9. Appeal to the stone - Wikipedia

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    Appeal to the stone utilizes inductive reasoning to derive its argument. Formal fallacies use deductive reasoning and formal properties to structure an argument and inductive arguments do not use this structure. Inductive reasoning is reasoning with uncertain conclusions because of inferences made about a specific situation, object, or event. [7]