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Meanings of petitio in English

Spanish
petición de principio

The logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question.

petición de principio
Usage of petitio in English
1
Albert Cikanowich petitio ed for permission to change his name to Albert Conway.
The new yorker
2
The whole system is a petitio principii really.
The Altar Steps
3
The problem he sets out to solve, and he solves it by a petitio principii, is
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
4
Under the head of petitio principii comes the fallacy of Arguing in a Circle, which is incidental to a train of reasoning.
Deductive Logic
5
Petitio Principii, Fallacy of, 874.
Deductive Logic
Frequent collocations
Translations for petitio
Petitio through the time