Begging the question — a pseudoargument that offers as proof the claim that the argument itself exists to prove; also known as circular reasoning.
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Pseudoargument
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Their main pseudoargument held that Genesis literalism is not religion at all, but really an alternative form of science not acknowledged by professional biologists too hidebound and dogmatic to appreciate the cutting edge of their own discipline.
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And of course, if I did accept the premise, then I would not need to draw a conclusion by way of a pseudoargument. “How could anyone fall for such a simplistic argument?” you may ask. Let us not be too hasty in our condemnation.
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