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Der Zirkelschluss
Der Zirkelschluss assumes in its premises what it is supposed to prove. The related Latin phrase used in German is circulus vitiosus.
Examples in context
Sein Argument endet in einem Zirkelschluss.
His argument ends in circular reasoning.
Ein Zirkelschluss setzt voraus, was er zeigen soll.
Circular reasoning presupposes what it should show.
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