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Oblivion, which offers "almost a textbook" usage of the phrase principii, better known in its somewhat misunderstood English translation as "begging the question."
Irish Blogs 2009
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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.
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This reasoning is also petitio principii a proposition which requires proof is assumed without proof.
Paul Heroux: The Death Penalty: Questionable Evidence for Deterrence Paul Heroux 2011
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Instead of calling it petitio principii, I would call it an ouroborus argument.
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Instead of calling it petitio principii, I would call it an ouroborus argument.
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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 James F. McGrath 2010
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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 2010
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"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 2010
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Then there is the petitio principii, begging the question.
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Hume's first argument has been recognized to be a classic case of petitio principii begging the question because Hume begins by assuming that our "firm and unalterable experience" already excludes a history of miracles.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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