begging the question or assuming the conclusion (Latin: petītiō principiī) is an informal fallacy that occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth...
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36–37 Archived 2023-04-07 at the Wayback Machine "Fallacy: Begging the Question". The Nizkor Project. Archived from the original on March 10, 2019. Retrieved...
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Begging the question, is more formally synonymous with “ignoring a question under the assumption it has already been answered.” Begging the question often...
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List of fallacies (category Pages that use a deprecated format of the math tags)
murdered their parents asking for leniency). Begging the question (petitio principii) – using the conclusion of the argument in support of itself in a premise...
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including the fallacy of equivocation, the fallacy of amphiboly, the fallacies of composition and division, the false dilemma, the fallacy of begging the question...
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violence" exemplify the fallacy. Ad hoc hypothesis Begging the question Epistemic commitment Equivocation List of fallacies Moving the goalposts Persuasive...
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fallacy at all is present. Thus in some contexts it may be a form of begging the question, and it is also a special case of ad lapidem. Argument from ignorance...
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"raising the question" or "leading to the question". The latter usage does not match the usual pattern (e.g. "begging for money", "begging for mercy")...
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with petitio principii (begging the question), which offers a premise no more plausible than, and often just a restatement of, the conclusion. Closely connected...
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Straw man (redirect from Attacking the straw man)
Edition. Philosophy portal Ad hominem – Attacking the person rather than the argument Begging the question – Logic founded on unproven premises Devil's advocate –...
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Circular reasoning (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
closely related to begging the question, and in modern usage the two generally refer to the same thing. Circular reasoning is often of the form: "A is true...
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committing a commonly identified fallacy of informal logic—namely, begging the question against an earnest, intelligent, logically competent relativist....
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Circularity may refer to: Circular definition Circular economy Circular reasoning, also known as circular logic Begging the question...
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internalism is true, then the OQA may avoid begging the question against the naturalist by claiming that the moral properties and the motivations to act belong...
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Irrelevant conclusion (redirect from Missing the point)
ignoratio elenchi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ad hominem Begging the question Chewbacca defense Enthymeme Evasion (ethics) Genetic fallacy List...
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Robert (doll) (redirect from Robert the Haunted Doll)
Robert the Doll is a reportedly haunted doll exhibited at the East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida. He was once owned by painter, author, and Key...
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Naturalistic fallacy (redirect from The Naturalistic Fallacy)
objects that this[clarification needed] would be committing the fallacy of begging the question. Appeal to nature Appeal to novelty Appeal to tradition Moralistic...
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Evasion (ethics) (redirect from Avoiding the question)
possible to answer the question for the time being" pleading ignorance placing the responsibility to answer on someone else Begging the question Mental reservation...
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equivocation ("calling two different things by the same name") is an informal fallacy resulting from the use of a particular word or expression in multiple...
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Ed and Lorraine Warren (redirect from The Warrens' Occult Museum)
an account of the alleged haunting of the Snedeker family in Southington, Connecticut, later called into question the veracity of the accounts contained...
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interest in a topic. The article questioned why this political tactic resulted in viewers feeling more anger than anxiety. The study found that anger...
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hominem aimed at the tone of an argument instead of its factual or logical content in order to dismiss a person's argument. Ignoring the truth or falsity...
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discredit the opponent's argument by attacking the opponent's own personal behavior and actions as being inconsistent with their argument, so that the opponent...
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Annabelle (doll) (category The Conjuring Universe)
based on the doll is one of the antagonists that appear in The Conjuring Universe. According to the Warrens, a student nurse was given the doll in 1970...
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Research illustrates a strong bias against ideas from the outside. The reasons for not wanting to use the work of others are varied, but can include a desire...
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Simulation hypothesis (redirect from The simulation hypothesis)
further argues that the simulation argument amounts to "begging the question," due to the "embarrassing question" of the nature of the underlying reality...
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premises, and is no more "supported" than are the assumptions upon which the claim rests, i.e. begging the question. David Miller (1994). Critical Rationalism:...
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very serious ethical question when lawyers become literary agents." Weber himself "filed a two-million-dollar lawsuit against the couple, charging them...
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Dybbuk box (redirect from The Dybbuk box)
The stone that was in the box is something that is a signature creation of mine also. Make no mistake, I conceived of the Dybbuk Box – the name, the term...
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as hyperbole even when the comparison made by the argument is appropriate. Godwin has criticized the over-application of the adage, claiming that it...
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