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> That's kind of a tautology. More specifically, it's begging the question. The actual definition of begging the question, not the mistaken usage. To beg the
by zeveb 7y ago
> That's kind of a tautology.
More specifically, it's begging the question. The actual definition of begging the question, not the mistaken usage.
To beg the question is to assume the thing which is to be proven.
- kryogen1c 7y agothis is my favorite extremely annoying but massively useful "acktually..." begging the question as a logical fallacy is prevalent in politics and media representations, and is a differentiatior between reasoned debate and talking head nonsense. Polictician 1: UBI! P2: free market competition! P1: why do you want poor people to suffer, P2?! P2: 2nd amendment! P1: Ban firearms! P2: why do you want americans to be put in danger, P1?! both of these are begging the question