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Petitio Principii
Begging the question scholasticism in Latin) is, in logic , a fallacy in which the proposal must be proved is assumed implicitly or explicitly in the premises.
Often, the conclusion is simply a rewriting of part of the premises. In more difficult cases, the premises are a consequence of the conclusion.
Do not confuse the begging with the circular argument : the circular argument is a petition of principle, but the opposite is not (always) true.
Examples
- suffice it to roast a chicken to know that chickens are not living things (explicit premise: a roast chicken is obviously dead).
- all those who have confessed their crime are guilty, then justice must condemn them (implicit premise: justice condemns given a confession, so those who say they are, by definition, guilty).
- My brother does not like spinach, / and is happy for my brother because, / if he liked, he would eat / and he can not bear them References
- in Madame Robert, music and lyrics Nino Ferrer - 1967 - disc Riviera
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