can someone tell me what circular reasoning is??

Question

and an example too

Answer 1

"Formally speaking, the simplest form of begging the question follows the following structure. For some proposition p:
p implies p
suppose p
therefore, p."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

An example in simpler form might be:
I like vanilla ice cream because it's my favorite kind.

Or perhaps:
"If we can imagine god, there must be a god. We CAN imagine god, therefore there is a god"

or "I am handsome because I look good"

Answer 2

Example:
Premise: This is circular reasoning.
Conclusion: Therefore, it is circular reasoning.
or
A,
Therefore, A.
or
A leads to A

Arguing in a circle does not mean that the premises are necessarily wrong. The premise and conclusion can be correct. As the example above shows, the premise and the conclusion are accurate. However, the premise and the conclusion are the same. The type of argumention or the way of arguing is flawed because it is rationally unacceptable. No rational agent would accept that an argumentative position can be justified with a premise that is simply a restatement of the position.

Arguing in a circle falls under the category of begging the question fallacies. These are fallacies because they are structurally problematic. The premise or reason that is used to justify the argument has the same meaning as the argument's conclusion or position. That is why this is called circular reasoning.

Answer 3

Circular reasoning is assuming as the truth of an arguments conclusion, one of the premises.

Ex- A) "The 'Merryman Walz' is the best music in opera"
B) "How do you know that?"
A) "Because the experts say so"
B) "Well, who are the experts?"
A) "They're the ones who listen to the 'Merryman Walz' "

This tells us nothing about the truth of the assertion that the "Merryman Walz" is the "best" music in opera. It is an opinion with no credible evidence to back it up.

A because B, and B because A

"It's true because I said so, and I said so because it's true."

It leads you right back around in circular fashion to the beginning without imparting any new information. Technically, it's called a "tautology".

Answer 4

Same as the art of pilpul.It isusing a strawman to falsely prove a point.[e.g.,evolutionists use the geologic column to date the fossils,and the fossils to date the geologic column,as there are no historical or scientific facts to prove evolutionism].

Answer 5

circular reasoning is finding evidence from false facts,,,, saying that because one thing leads to another, and comes back to itself,,,,, that it is true
an example, i think, is that,,, i was hit as a child, i turned out ok, so hitting a child is ok,,,,,,and i should hit my child,,,,, and if i hit my child, and my child turns out "ok", this proves a point,,,, the hitting and ok'ness really have nothing to do with each other
and it ignores those who experience violence as a child, and go on to violence,,
and actually, while i was hit as a child, i surely wouldnt do that to my own, and yet my child turned out "ok"