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Meanings of begging the question in anglès

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circulus in demonstrando
portuguès
petitio principii
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petitio principii
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argumentació circular

Type of fallacy, where a proposition is assumed as a premise, which itself needs a proof and directly entails the conclusion.

        argumentació circular
        Usage of begging the question in anglès
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        And yet its very success came from begging the question, after all.
        A Reversion To Type
        2
        This fact is rather disguised by the mysterious phrase ' begging the question.'
        Deductive Logic
        3
        And to suppose this, is it not begging the question?
        Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sce...
        4
        Pardon me, my dear; that is begging the question.
        Wild Kitty
        5
        To say it is experimental is begging the question.
        The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economic...
        6
        This is a third method of begging the question.
        Practical Argumentation
        7
        That is begging the question, as Harry would say.
        Janet's Love and Service
        8
        That's what papa used to call begging the question.
        Framley Parsonage
        9
        In a way, he was begging the question.
        Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
        10
        This is surely a strong instance of what is commonly called " begging the question."
        The Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science
        11
        Excuse me: are you not begging the question?
        Paul Faber, Surgeon
        12
        My lord, is not that begging the question?
        Phineas Redux
        13
        Oh, that is only begging the question, Kitty.
        Wild Kitty
        14
        In his treatise The Incoherence of the Philosophers, he argued that the Faylasufs were begging the question.
        A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
        15
        This error is called begging the question.
        Elements of Debating / A Manual for Use in High Schools and Acad...
        16
        Tradition, says the historian, begging the question.
        Second Foundation