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-(Lat.: “presuppose what is yet to be proven”) refers to a [[relevancy:index|fallacy of relevance]] in which a proof is given, which in its premises assumes to be true, what is yet to proven. Such an argument may sound plausible at first sight, but it actually does not prove anything.+(Lat.: “presuppose what is yet to be proven”) refers to a [[relevance:index|fallacy of relevance]] in which a proof is given, which in its premises assumes to be true, what is yet to proven. Such an argument may sound plausible at first sight, but it actually does not prove anything.
  
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