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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