Cases Quote by Cornelius Van Til

The meaning of the presupposition is the method of verification… we know the meaning of the statement if we know the conditions under which…

— Moritz Schlick

Different conclusions are reached when one fact is viewed from two separate points of view. When that happens, there is no immediate way to…

— Anonymous

The Mode of circular reasoning is the form used when the proof itself which ought to establish the matter of inquiry requires confirmation derived…

— Sextus Empiricus

“(I)n order to refute a conclusion, you have to put forth the best possible argument for it. (p. 158)”

— Rebecca Goldstein

“Circular reasoning is infallible even if not exactly logical, and this is why so many of us so often resort to it—not so much…

— Zygmunt Bauman

In order to refute a conclusion, you have to put forth the best possible argument for it.

— Rebecca Goldstein

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

— Samuel Butler

“The point,” said the Chair, “is to let people think for themselves and allow them to reach their own conclusions.”

— Jerry Amernic

“I wanted our teachers to refrain from providing conclusions as starting points, but rather insist that students assemble valid evidence to reach their own…

— Deborah Kenny

“The point is simply to keep the argument going, to ensure that it never reaches a conclusion (which leads to confusion, fatigue and collusion)”

— Matthew d'Ancona

Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.

— Roger Bacon

All reasoning ends in an appeal to self-evidence.

— Coventry Patmore