begging the question
Assuming the conclusion
Begging the question is a logical fallacy in which an argument's premise assumes the truth of what it's trying to prove: Lying is wrong because dishonesty is immoral.
The phrase is widely used to mean "raising the question" or "inviting the obvious question": His absence begs the question of where he actually was.
Traditionalists object to this newer sense, but it now dominates casual usage.
Fallacy assuming its conclusion
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- circular argumentProof that presupposes itself
- vicious circleSelf-reinforcing negative loop
faulty reasoning · logical error · self-referential · tautology · foregone conclusion
circular reasoning
Fallacy assuming its conclusion
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- circular argumentProof that presupposes itself
vicious circle · faulty reasoning · logical error · self-referential · tautology · foregone conclusion
- debate tacticsexaggeration, appeal to authority, appeal to emotion, logical fallacy, straw man
- fallaciesstraw man, red herring, circular reasoning, ad hominem, fallacy
- logical fallaciesfallacy, straw man, ad hominem, red herring, false dilemma
- rhetoric termsethos, pathos, logos, ad hominem, oratory
- Self-referenceself-reference, self-referential, recursion, recursive, meta
- argumentsargument, arguing, disagreement, bickering, dispute
begging the questionvalid argument
Reasoning where conclusion follows necessarily
logical proof · inductive reasoning · deductive reasoning · reductio ad absurdum