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the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question

the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question

In logic. Begging the question, which is the taking of a thing for true or for granted, and drawing conclusions from it as such, when it is really dubious, perhaps false, or at least wants to be proved, before any inferences ought to be drawn from it.

[L.] (Log.) A begging of the question ; that is, the treating of a proposition as already proved, when it is only a premiss of the Syllogism by which it is to be proved.