PETITIO PRINCIPII, or BEGGING TIIE QUESTION (Gr. To v apxjj )  .a mj3h ttv, Toe apxfjs aireioOat), in See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic, the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth of See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle's fallacies g re r s X swc or extra dictionem . Strictly this See also:

• FALLACY (Lat. fall-ax, apt to mislead)

fallacy belongs to the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language of disputation, when the questioner seeks (See also:

• PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART

petit) to get his adversary to admit the very See also:

• MATTER

matter in question . Hence the word principium gives a wrong impression, for the fallacy consists not in seeking for the See also:

• ADMISSION

admission of a principle which will confute the particular proposition—a perfectly legitimate See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of refutation—but in luring the adversary into confessing the contradictory . In the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary use, however, " begging the question " consists in assuming in the premises the conclusion which it is desired to prove .