1. BEGGING THE QUESTION/ CIRCULAR REASONING BY: Jessica Greenwood And McKenzie Pedigo

2. DEFINITION Circular Reasoning-a use of reason in which the premises depends on or is equivalent to the conclusion, a method of false logic by which “this is used to prove that, and that is used to prove this”; also called begging the question.

3. UNIVERSAL EXAMPLES “This painting is trash because its obviously worthless.” “I think he us unattractive because he is ugly.”

4. EXAMPLES FROM THE CRUCIBLE 1 ST EXAMPLE: Hale “ But woman, you do believe there are witches in -- Elizabeth “ if you think that I am one, then I say there are none.” (pg. 200 Act 2) Circular reasoning is being used by Elizabeth because she uses a faulty logic that uses what Mr. Hale is implying to answer the question.

5. EXAMPLES FROM CRUCIBLE CONTINUED.. 2 nd EXAMPLE: Martha Corey’s Voice “ I am innocent to a witch. I know not what a witch is.” Hathorne’s Voice “How do you know, then, that you are not a witch? Martha Corey’s Voice “If I were, I would know it.”(pg. 207 Act 3) This is an example of circular reasoning because Martha Corey uses false logic by claiming she doesn’t know what a witch is, but then goes on to say that if she was a witch that she would know.

6. PICTURE ANALOGY This is consider circular reasoning because it uses a sense of faulty logic because it use part of the question to answer the question.

7. WORKS CITED "Fallacies Files." Fallacies Files. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2015. "Evidence for God Does God Exist?" GodEvidence.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2015.