Can Circular Arguments Are Deductively Valid?

Circularity is quiescently a property of all deductively valid arguments. First, notice that an argument is only effective when the speaker and the audience share some common ground; meaningful argumentation can only take place between two people if there is some common ground.

What is wrong with circular argument?

Circular reasoning is not a formal logical fallacy but a pragmatic defect in an argument whereby the premises are just as much in need of proof or evidence as the conclusion, and as a consequence the argument fails to persuade.

How do you know if an argument is valid or invalid?

Valid: an argument is valid if and only if it is necessary that if all of the premises are true, then the conclusion is true; if all the premises are true, then the conclusion must be true; it is impossible that all the premises are true and the conclusion is false. ... If this is possible, the argument is invalid.

Alexander Ross

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