4. Logical Fallacies: Begging The Question

Begging the Question as a Logical Fallacy

Third is begging the question. The fallacy is committed when a person merely assumes what he or she is attempting to prove, or when the premise of an argument actually depends on its conclusion. So the argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion rather than supporting it.

So you're basically baking your answer in the question or in the statement without proving it. Here's a good example. I believe in alien spaceships. How else could aliens get here? So you assume aliens exist, and I mean if they're here, obviously they had to come in something.

So your conclusion is baked right into the statement. Another one that would be a good example would be evolution must be true. After all, it's a well-established fact of science. So it's called begging the question.