Examples of 'circular argument' in a sentence

Meaning of "circular argument"

circular argument: a logical fallacy in which the conclusion of an argument is essentially the same as the premise, leading to an unproductive and circular reasoning
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  • A term often conflated with begging the question in philosophy.
  • An argument which commits the logical fallacy of assuming what it is attempting to prove.

How to use "circular argument" in a sentence

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There is no escaping a circular argument like that.
It is a circular argument that will lead us nowhere.
He does not know what a circular argument even is.
It is circular argument and circular arguments get us nowhere.
We keep having the same circular argument.
Circular argument masquerading as scientific evidence?
This method of analysis sets up a circular argument.
But it is a circular argument as well.
That is pretty much a textbook circular argument.
It is a circular argument.
So we get into the same old circular argument.
Is there not a circular argument in this somehow?
At the end of the day it becomes a circular argument.
One may suspect a circular argument here, but there are none.
Wundt does not realize that this is a circular argument.

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However, the following circular argument is offered instead.
The third horn of the trilemma is the application of a circular argument.
Makes for a circular argument.
A circular reference is not to be confused with the logical fallacy of a circular argument.
There is no circular argument.
So arguing that God exists because the Bible says so is a circular argument.
And you can see how the circular argument begins to spin.
The above argument is a straightforward, real-world example of a circular argument.
Only in philosophy can you use a circular argument and get praised for it.
If a circular argument is one that does not get anywhere, this prosecutor is chasing his tail.
They made the same circular argument.
Taking into account the Azores judgment, however, the latter approach would lead to a circular argument.
You go around in a circular argument.
This is seen as philosophically invalid, being self-referential, or reification, also known as a circular argument.
Note that this is a circular argument.
A circular argument that is based on the 2000 Guarantee Notice.
So you get caught in a circular argument.
After which, one defense attorney after the next will impeach you. Makes for a circular argument.
No it is not a circular argument - I got that wrong.
That 's the definition of a circular argument.
It 's a circular argument.
We can not get past this circular argument.
That is a completely circular argument PED - a non-argument.
If you think about it, that 's a very circular argument.
Do you see the circular argument here?
An appeal to this theory, then, basically amounts to a circular argument.
This is a completely circular argument.
He's still in denial about Kelly. We keep having the same - circular argument.
This is a perfectly circular argument.
That is, the creation of the concept may be based on a circular argument or tautology.
Again, this is a circular argument.
Chairman . -1 have to say that you are forming part of a circular argument there.
That is what we call a circular argument.
Such is the nature of a circular argument.
Which would be another circular argument.

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