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"begging the question" is only wrong when you apply it to the wrong logical fallacy. Otherwise, it is just a descriptive phrase that really makes more sense th
by LanceH 4y ago
"begging the question" is only wrong when you apply it to the wrong logical fallacy.
Otherwise, it is just a descriptive phrase that really makes more sense than "raises the question", IMO. There really is no official book of phrases where anything outside that usage is wrong -- otherwise the first use of "begging the question" itself would have been wrong. Or, if we insist that there is some notion of official phrases amongst the population, the logical meaning of the phrase would have long been with the descriptive one.
Also, whether you call building blocks lego or legos it is bad for the trademark.
I also don't get why someone gets to sell naming rights to a building and we're suddenly supposed to call it something else like it hasn't been there for 100 years.
So yes, I've visited the Sears Tower. I play with legos. I've played ultimate frisbee, etc... If they want me to change what I'm calling things, they can start paying me.