Sentences with phrase «latin petitio»

Begging the question (Latin petitio principii, «assuming the initial point») is a type of informal fallacy in which an implicit premise would directly entail the conclusion.

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«It's a translation of the Latin phrase petitio principii, and it's used to mean that someone has made a conclusion based on a premise that lacks support,» writes Grammar Girl, who explains the complicated subject well in her blog.

One such major sin goes by the not so obscure Latin name of a «petitio.»