Wittgenstein argued in 'Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics' that the diagonal construction conflates object-language provability with metatheoretic truth in a way that begs the question.
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A circular argument in which warrant for the premises already presupposes the truth of the conclusion
diagonal construction(as used in formal logic and mathematics)
A technical method in logic where you create a new statement by combining or manipulating existing statements in a specific systematic way.
metatheoretic(Used to characterize the role of logical semantics)
Providing a framework for theorizing about the relationship between symbols (used externally in language and internally in thought) and the world, rather than positing cognitive entities for computational manipulation