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regress — A strategy gives rise to a vicious regress if whatever problem it was designed to solve remains as much in need of the same treatment after its use as before. Thus a definition is (usually) viciously regressive if the term to be defined recurs in … Philosophy dictionary
Infinite regress — An infinite regress in a series of propositions arises if the truth of proposition P 1 requires the support of proposition P 2, and for any proposition in the series P n , the truth of P n requires the support of the truth of P n +1. There would… … Wikipedia
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Circular definition — A circular definition is one that uses the term(s) being defined as a part of the definition or assumes a prior understanding of the term being defined. Either the audience must already know the meaning of the key term(s), or the definition is… … Wikipedia
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