Sentence examples for of circular reasoning from inspiring English sources

But the novelist Richard Paul Russo believes the reliance on old formulas is an example of circular reasoning.

So is there a whiff of circular reasoning here, with prominence making people oft-quoted, which -- in this measure -- makes them even more prominent?

Amid the many loops of circular reasoning in his statement, Castro's most common refrain was "I'm not a monster, I'm a normal person".

In a bit of circular reasoning, they argue that the inflation rate has not risen significantly since the 1970s because workers and employers were convinced the policy makers simply would not let it happen.

That's a fascinating bit of circular reasoning: starve the commission to keep it from doing its job, and then cut the budget because the job has not been done.

Such ignorance could almost lead to politically active teens to ask themselves, "Is there any point in me having an interest at all?" There is also an aspect of circular reasoning to Redwood's comments.

Two of the reviewer's of this paper were also quite critical of the Theobald paper, arguing its result is either based on circular reasoning or 'trivial' in nature.

We think the view that there is an insurmountable divide between the superkingdoms by definition to leads to circular reasoning, instead of a discussion about the actual data.

Not only do the studies of Newberg and d'Aquili fall prey to circular reasoning; they address only one facet of religious experience and elevate it to universal significance.

Second, as there is no clear gold standard for diagnosing child abuse, there is concern for circular reasoning in the identification of factors associated with increased risk of abuse.

Moreover, determining the predictive values of baseline erosions for the development of RA according to the ACR criteria can lead to circular reasoning as hand erosions are part of the criteria.