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Second, because the idea of petitio principii is an interesting one and it is useful to have an English phrase for it.

Archive 2008-04-01 2008

The first is the fallacy of presumption, also know as petitio principii, which you impliedly assert is the only correct denotation.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Court Rejects as “Absurd” 2007

To quote writers who inveigh against unjust taxation without first establishing whether Belloc's proposed taxation is unjust, is to be guilty of what in logic is called a petitio principii, that is, begging the question.

The Justice of Distributism 2007

That they may fall into such wicked and abominable ways as shall render them altogether unmeet for that relation, according to the law of it, is that great argument, called petitio principii, which Mr Goodwin hath used in this case a hundred times.

The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

Bat echolocation isn’t evidence of teleology unless one assumes that echolocation can only be the result of intent – that is circular reasoning, aka petitio principii, aka begging the question.

Daniel Dennett: Intelligent design? Show me the science - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Instead of calling it petitio principii, I would call it an ouroborus argument.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Beg the Question” 2010

This reasoning is also petitio principii a proposition which requires proof is assumed without proof.

Paul Heroux: The Death Penalty: Questionable Evidence for Deterrence Paul Heroux 2011

You're just employing another petitio principii and it's not worth anyone time to answer.

TEXAS FAITH: Why is the political pendulum swinging so much? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010

"You're just employing another petitio principii and it's not worth anyone time to answer."

TEXAS FAITH: Why is the political pendulum swinging so much? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010

Quite likely, a variety of paleontologico-stratigraphical studies are unreliable because they are founded on a petitio principii the logical fallacy of 'begging the question'....

Mythicist Misunderstanding James F. McGrath 2010