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The “misuse” of the term is so common that it is now included without comment in many dictionaries and reference sources (e.g. Wikipedia). The formal fallacy is
by amscanne 6y ago
The “misuse” of the term is so common that it is now included without comment in many dictionaries and reference sources (e.g. Wikipedia). The formal fallacy is now the more uncommon use, so it’s probably worth getting over it ;)
- iso8859-1 6y agoStrictly speaking, petitio principii is not a fallacy of reasoning but an ineptitude in argumentation: thus the argument from p as a premise to p as conclusion is not deductively invalid but lacks any power of conviction, since no one who questioned the conclusion could concede the premise. (this was a quote from the Britannica)