petitio

• “Second, because the idea of petitio principii is an interesting one and it is useful to have an English phrase for it.”

  Archive 2008-04-01

• “The first is the fallacy of presumption, also know as petitio principii, which you impliedly assert is the only correct denotation.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Court Rejects as “Absurd”

• “To quote writers who inveigh against unjust taxation without first establishing whether Belloc's proposed taxation is unjust, is to be guilty of what in logic is called a petitio principii, that is, begging the question.”

  The Justice of Distributism

• “That they may fall into such wicked and abominable ways as shall render them altogether unmeet for that relation, according to the law of it, is that great argument, called petitio principii, which Mr Goodwin hath used in this case a hundred times.”

  The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed

• “Bat echolocation isn’t evidence of teleology unless one assumes that echolocation can only be the result of intent – that is circular reasoning, aka petitio principii, aka begging the question.”

  Daniel Dennett: Intelligent design? Show me the science - The Panda's Thumb

• “Instead of calling it petitio principii, I would call it an ouroborus argument.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » “Beg the Question”

• “This reasoning is also petitio principii a proposition which requires proof is assumed without proof.”

  The Huffington Post: Paul Heroux: The Death Penalty: Questionable Evidence for Deterrence

• “You're just employing another petitio principii and it's not worth anyone time to answer.”

  TEXAS FAITH: Why is the political pendulum swinging so much? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com

• “You're just employing another petitio principii and it's not worth anyone time to answer.”

  TEXAS FAITH: Why is the political pendulum swinging so much? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com

• “Quite likely, a variety of paleontologico-stratigraphical studies are unreliable because they are founded on a petitio principii the logical fallacy of 'begging the question'....”

  Mythicist Misunderstanding

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