circular reasoning
Argument chasing itself
Circular reasoning is a logical fallacy in which the conclusion of an argument is assumed in one of its premises—the reasoning goes in a circle rather than establishing anything new.
The Bible is true because it's the word of God, and we know it's the word of God because the Bible says so.
Also called begging the question, though that phrase now more commonly means raising an obvious question.
- fallacyError in reasoning
- logical fallacyError in reasoning
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- tautologyRedundant or circular statement
- begging the questionAssuming what needs proof
loop · going in circles · argument · invalid · premise · conclusion · self-referential · paradox · self-fulfilling prophecy · flawed · assumption · endless · dog chasing tail · debate · rhetoric · sophistry · moving the goalposts · ouroboros
- argument termsad hominem, evidence, straw man, proof, appeal to emotion
- contradictionsparadox, oxymoron, contradiction, paradoxes, oxymorons
- debate tacticsexaggeration, appeal to authority, appeal to emotion, logical fallacy, straw man
- fallaciesstraw man, red herring, ad hominem, fallacy, slippery slope
- logical fallaciesfallacy, straw man, ad hominem, red herring, false dilemma
- paradoxescatch-22, Zeno's paradox, Zeno's paradoxes, causal loop, bootstrap paradox
circular reasoninginductive reasoning
Inferring patterns from cases
evidence-based reasoning · proof · sound argument · demonstration · empirical verification
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