(informal) A term often conflated with begging the question in philosophy. / (philosophy, logic) An argument which commits the logical fallacy of assuming what it is attempting to prove.

plural of cosmological argument

(philosophy, theology) A type of argument which maintains that the existence of God can be deduced from an analysis of the concept of God.

plural of ontological argument

(philosophy, theology) A type of argument for the existence of God, stating that orderliness of nature is evidence of design, therefore also of a designer.

plural of teleological argument

plural of etymological argument

plural of position argument

The claim that a writer or speaker makes about a controversial issue.

plural of argument from ignorance