Circular reasoning

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Circular reasoning

Quality:

Circular reasoning - logical fallacy in which the reasoner begins the premise with what they are trying to conclude with. Article "Circular reasoning" in English Wikipedia has 25.7 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 6 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article "Circular reasoning", its content was written by 130 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 633 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 281 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1495 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #12740 in September 2003
  • Global: #9154 in January 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #46837 in June 2020
  • Global: #52700 in February 2013

There are 29 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from August 1, 2024 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Chinese (zh)
循環論證
40.0395
2Malay (ms)
Taakulan kitaran
30.2197
3Indonesian (id)
Circulus in probando
29.6677
4Dutch (nl)
Cirkelredenering
26.147
5English (en)
Circular reasoning
25.7059
6Bulgarian (bg)
Кръгова логика
25.6141
7Thai (th)
การให้เหตุผลเป็นวง
22.5257
8Korean (ko)
순환논법
22.3129
9Danish (da)
Cirkulær argumentation
22.1659
10Simple English (simple)
Circular reasoning
21.906
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Circular reasoning" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Circular reasoning
2 146 867
2German (de)
Zirkelschluss
463 268
3Japanese (ja)
循環論法
244 826
4Chinese (zh)
循環論證
221 868
5Dutch (nl)
Cirkelredenering
163 134
6Spanish (es)
Falacia circular
159 234
7Polish (pl)
Błędne koło w rozumowaniu
157 051
8Greek (el)
Φαύλος κύκλος
99 550
9French (fr)
Raisonnement circulaire
96 742
10Finnish (fi)
Kehäpäätelmä
88 459
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Circular reasoning" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Circular reasoning
9 774
2German (de)
Zirkelschluss
1 681
3Chinese (zh)
循環論證
1 325
4Japanese (ja)
循環論法
1 192
5Spanish (es)
Falacia circular
856
6French (fr)
Raisonnement circulaire
708
7Russian (ru)
Круговое рассуждение
414
8Italian (it)
Diallele
399
9Arabic (ar)
استدلال دائري
379
10Finnish (fi)
Kehäpäätelmä
377
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Circular reasoning" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Circular reasoning
130
2German (de)
Zirkelschluss
92
3Dutch (nl)
Cirkelredenering
53
4French (fr)
Raisonnement circulaire
45
5Chinese (zh)
循環論證
35
6Finnish (fi)
Kehäpäätelmä
30
7Japanese (ja)
循環論法
29
8Hebrew (he)
הסבר מעגלי
25
9Polish (pl)
Błędne koło w rozumowaniu
25
10Ukrainian (uk)
Хибне коло
25
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in July 2024

Language versions of the article "Circular reasoning" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1French (fr)
Raisonnement circulaire
1
2Arabic (ar)
استدلال دائري
0
3Bulgarian (bg)
Кръгова логика
0
4Catalan (ca)
Argumentació circular
0
5Danish (da)
Cirkulær argumentation
0
6German (de)
Zirkelschluss
0
7Greek (el)
Φαύλος κύκλος
0
8English (en)
Circular reasoning
0
9Spanish (es)
Falacia circular
0
10Basque (eu)
Arrazoitze zirkular
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Circular reasoning" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Circular reasoning
281
2Chinese (zh)
循環論證
247
3Arabic (ar)
استدلال دائري
160
4Ukrainian (uk)
Хибне коло
155
5German (de)
Zirkelschluss
120
6Spanish (es)
Falacia circular
59
7Dutch (nl)
Cirkelredenering
52
8Japanese (ja)
循環論法
39
9Persian (fa)
استدلال دایره‌ای
38
10Simple English (simple)
Circular reasoning
38
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
استدلال دائري
bgBulgarian
Кръгова логика
caCatalan
Argumentació circular
daDanish
Cirkulær argumentation
deGerman
Zirkelschluss
elGreek
Φαύλος κύκλος
enEnglish
Circular reasoning
esSpanish
Falacia circular
euBasque
Arrazoitze zirkular
faPersian
استدلال دایره‌ای
fiFinnish
Kehäpäätelmä
frFrench
Raisonnement circulaire
heHebrew
הסבר מעגלי
idIndonesian
Circulus in probando
itItalian
Diallele
jaJapanese
循環論法
koKorean
순환논법
msMalay
Taakulan kitaran
nlDutch
Cirkelredenering
plPolish
Błędne koło w rozumowaniu
ruRussian
Круговое рассуждение
simpleSimple English
Circular reasoning
skSlovak
Dôkaz v kruhu
srSerbian
Кружни аргумент
svSwedish
Cirkelresonemang
thThai
การให้เหตุผลเป็นวง
trTurkish
Circulus in demonstrando
ukUkrainian
Хибне коло
zhChinese
循環論證

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#46837
06.2020
Global:
#52700
02.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#12740
09.2003
Global:
#9154
01.2004

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Circular reasoning from Wikipedia articles about Begging the question, Conspiracy theory, Fallacy, Münchhausen trilemma and List of fallacies. Whereas reading the article about Circular reasoning people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Begging the question, Fallacy, Theres a Hole in My Bucket, Catch-22 and Im entitled to my opinion.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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