Question

Circular Reasoning is one type of fallacy. Search for information about Circular Reasoning and locate several examples. Then complete the following:

• Post your definition (in your own words) of circular reasoning and include three (3) examples of circular reasoning you located during your search. In addition:
  • Discuss times when you have encountered circular reasoning from someone and times when you used circular reasoning to defend your point-of-view and/or to convince someone of something.
  • Provide at least three (3) examples of circular reasoning you have used.
  • Explain what happened when you used circular reasoning and what you learned from those experiences.

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1. Circular reasoning is a way of argument in which you start by assuming that your final conclusion is true,so you prove why it is true,it is like you know answer to a question ,so you now work on steps to reach that answer and you will give logic which reaches that conclusion.
2. 3 examples of circular reasoning are; in trading you lose money 90%,so now you pick examples of traders who lost and show their records to prove your case;people who are good speakers are good writers as well,again you pick people which favor your argument and third example would be it is safe to travel from road where you will show stats in your favour to prove your conclusion.
3. Someone used circular example when they told me that marketing is not important for a firm where they showed how marketing involves costs and it does not bring any direct revenue while in actuality market was driving clients in for operations team to generate revenue,I used circular reasoning when I told my employer that marketing team is understaffed and then I quoted examples which helped my cause.
4. 3 examples of circular reasoning I used were ;Exercise reduces your weight only if you work 7 days for which I showed examples of people who workout daily;how using headphones decreases your concentration and then I wuoted examples of articles stating same and third example would be how football teams with best attack wins premier league and ignoringthat teams with best defences have won premier league too.
5. Everytime I used circular reasoning I got pointed out that I am being biased and is not being open minded and what I learned was that in order to derive logical conclusion,I cannot be biased or have pre determined conclusion.

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