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CIRCULUS IN PROBANDO (See also:Lat. for " circle in proving ") , in See also:logic, a phrase used to describe a See also:form of See also:argument in which the very fact which one seeks to demonstrate is used as a premise, i.e. as See also:part of the See also:evidence on which the conclusion is based . This argument is one form of the See also:fallacy known as petitio principii, " begging the question." It is most See also:common in lengthy arguments, the complicated See also:character of which enables the See also:speaker to make his hearers forget the data from which he began . |
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