circular argument
Noun
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Noun
circular argument (plural circular arguments)
- (informal) A term often conflated with begging the question in philosophy.
- (philosophy, logic) An argument which commits the logical fallacy of assuming what it is attempting to prove.
- circular reasoning
- (informal) begging the question
- petitio principii
- German: Zirkelschluss, Zirkelbeweis
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