PhilGoetz comments on Dark Arts 101: Using presuppositions - Less Wrong

65 Post author: PhilGoetz 27 December 2010 05:16PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 27 December 2010 07:19:45PM 12 points [-]

No - a circular argument tries to prove its presupposition. This method assumes its presupposition, then draws attention away from it.