Begging the Question

Logically Fallacious said:

petitio principii (also known as: assuming the initial point, assuming the answer, chicken and the egg argument, circulus in probando)

Description: Any form of argument where the conclusion is assumed in one of the premises.  Many people use the phrase “begging the question” incorrectly when they use it to mean, “prompts one to ask the question”.  That is NOT the correct usage. Begging the question is a form of circular reasoning.  Begging the Question

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