The examples of begging the question we've given so far involve circular reasoning. To reason circularly is just to give a reason that brings you back to the conclusion, either by presupposing the ...

The last two posts can be subsumed under the subject, “The use of logical fallacies in dysfunctional metacommunication,” as can this post, which is about strategy #8, the use of a fallacy ...

Arguments through repetition that involve repeatedly making an assertion without adequate explanation, evidence or proof. Circular reasoning, a tautology or argument that assumes what it is attempting ...

Circular reasoning, also known as begging the question or petitio principii, is a logical fallacy. If it is not clear to a lawyer then he is a bad lawyer. This is worse because it is being used as ...

Fallacy is defined as “faulty reasoning; misleading or unsound argument.” There are two recent prime examples of this. The first is former President Donald Trump’s analogy about a sinking ...

The last two posts can be subsumed under the subject, “The use of logical fallacies in dysfunctional metacommunication,” as can this post, which is about strategy #8, the use of a fallacy ...