they are trying to end with. Circular reasoning is not a formal logical fallacy, but a pragmatic defect in an argument whereby the premises are just...

The argument of periapsis (also called argument of perifocus or argument of pericenter), symbolized as ω (omega), is one of the orbital elements of an...

An argument is a series of sentences, statements, or propositions some of which are called premises and one is the conclusion. The purpose of an argument...

come to refer to an argument in which the premises assume the conclusion without supporting it. This makes it an example of circular reasoning. Some examples...

A cosmological argument, in natural theology and the philosophy of religion, is an argument which asserts that the existence of God can be inferred from...

(sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing...

arguments tend to be circular, repeating the same facts as premises under perhaps slightly different guises. Much political argument concerns issues of...

consisting of ordered pairs or tuples of argument values. The argument of a circular function is an angle. The argument of a hyperbolic function is a hyperbolic...

cosmological arguments. Other arguments for the existence of God have been proposed by St. Anselm, who formulated the first ontological argument; Thomas Aquinas...

person'), short for argumentum ad hominem, refers to several types of arguments that are fallacious. Often nowadays this term refers to a rhetorical strategy...

behind the library!" A circular reference is not to be confused with the logical fallacy of a circular argument. Although a circular reference will often...

A circular economy (also referred to as circularity or CE) is a model of resource production and consumption in any economy that involves sharing, leasing...

proof: The circular argument, in which the proof of some proposition presupposes the truth of that very proposition The regressive argument, in which each...

Wikiquote has quotations related to Argument from authority. An argument from authority is a form of argument in which the opinion of an authority figure...

rather than on the person's. However, from Searle's perspective, this argument is circular. The question at issue is whether consciousness is a form of information...

In physics, circular motion is a movement of an object along the circumference of a circle or rotation along a circular arc. It can be uniform, with a...

Argument to moderation (Latin: argumentum ad temperantiam)—also known as the false compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground...

continue to be unbalanced and slide. This argument could be repeated indefinitely, resulting in a circular perpetual motion, which is absurd. Therefore...

experiences, which is exactly what the argument claims to prove. Richard Brown agrees that the zombie argument is circular. To show this, he proposes "zoombies"...

In mathematics and statistics, a circular mean or angular mean is a mean designed for angles and similar cyclic quantities, such as times of day, and fractional...

Argument from fallacy is the formal fallacy of analyzing an argument and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false. It...

A circular orbit is an orbit with a fixed distance around the barycenter; that is, in the shape of a circle. In this case, not only the distance, but also...

In a slippery slope argument, a course of action is rejected because the slippery slope advocate believes it will lead to a chain reaction resulting in...

beyond the circular functions. Both types depend on an argument, either circular angle or hyperbolic angle. Since the area of a circular sector with...

tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex. A cone is formed by a set of line...

misericordiam, the sob story, or the Galileo argument) is a fallacy in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting one's opponent's...

character (argumentum ad hominem) Assuming the conclusion of an argument, a kind of circular reasoning, also called "begging the question" (petitio principii)...

The private language argument argues that a language understandable by only a single individual is incoherent, and was introduced by Ludwig Wittgenstein...

Ad nauseam is a Latin term for an argument or other discussion that has continued to the point of nausea. For example, "this has been discussed ad nauseam"...

infinite regress argument is an argument against a theory based on the fact that this theory leads to an infinite regress. For such an argument to be successful...