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http://begthequestion.info/ http://begthequestion.info/ TL;DR: almost every common usage of the phrase is incorrect.
by sowbug 5y ago
http://begthequestion.info/ http://begthequestion.info/
TL;DR: almost every common usage of the phrase is incorrect.
- criddell 5y agoThe "raises the question" use far outstrips the "laying claim to the principle" use. In general it's wrong to call either use incorrect. I'd avoid it entirely. The original phrase is a bad translation and the modern use triggers prescriptivists.
- OJFord 5y agoI've seen it used correctly just once: by a lecturer of Contemporary Philosophy marking my essay...