Sentence examples for the conclusion itself from inspiring English sources

The concept can be traced as far back as Aristotle, but HW Fowler, whose entry on begging the question is listed under the Latin petitio principii (assumption of the basis), defines it as "the fallacy of founding a conclusion on a basis that as much needs to be proved as the conclusion itself", giving as an example "foxhunting is not cruel, since the fox enjoys the fun".

The most powerful argument in politics are where the voters themselves fill in the conclusion itself".

He may be arriving at this conclusion by a route involving some indefensible detours, but the conclusion itself is sound.

But if that choice can lead you to either buy a sweatshirt or blow up a building, the conclusion itself seems a little forced.

Thus, the conclusion itself becomes a disjunction: Either you have been beating your wife or you are continuing to beat her.

Here, both science and the media are complicit; there is a tendency to trumpet every new finding as if it proved something, but most new studies are merely evidence toward a conclusion, not the conclusion itself.

The conclusion by itself is not per se nota.

And the alternative-energy conclusion itself could make another movie.

Its many coincidences often feel entirely stage-managed, and both the setup for the novel's conclusion and the ending itself are lumbering and forced.

What is unfortunate is that this skepticism is taken by many among the faithful to be an attack not only on their beliefs, but also on their values, and therefore leads to the conclusion that science itself is suspect.

How many could-be converts will take a look at these tortuous connections, roll their eyes, and reach the conclusion that genealogy itself is a joke?