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Petitio principii
//pɪˈtɪʃiˌəʊ prɪnˈkɪpiˌaɪ//
"Petitio principii" in a Sentence (2 examples)
A somewhat similar objection has been made by Locke and others, to the effect that the ordinary demonstrative syllogism is a petitio principii.
The Streitberg-Michels Theory is evidently a petitio principii. To explain ē in gēbum, it is from the outset taken for granted, for inadequate reasons of method, that the form must be a perfect. [italics original]
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