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Petitio

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  1. 1
    Short for petitio principii. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "Bob has broken a rule of DC at n+5 but has he committed a petitio? […] Yes, if challenges are cumulative and if petitio is the fallacy of replying at some stage to a challenge with a statement that is under challenge at that stage."

  2. 2
    the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question wordnet

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