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...

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...

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...

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

In the philosophy of religion, a cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of God based upon observational and factual statements concerning...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

The homunculus argument is an informal fallacy whereby a concept is explained in terms of the concept itself, recursively, without first defining or explaining...

religion and theology. A wide variety of arguments for and against the existence of God (with the same or similar arguments also generally being used when talking...

and that the argument is circular and so begs the question in favour of mathematical objects. The explanatory indispensability argument is an altered...

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...

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 computing, a meta-circular evaluator (MCE) or meta-circular interpreter (MCI) is an interpreter which defines each feature of the interpreted language...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

mathematics, the term "argument" may also be ambiguous, since "the argument of a number" sometimes refers to the length of a circular arc from 1 to a number...

In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for 'appeal to the people') is a fallacious argument which is based on claiming a truth or affirming...

or the horse laugh) is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous, and therefore not worthy of serious...