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This seems to me to be the equivalent of begging the question ('assuming the consequent', not 'requesting the question be asked').
by taneq 3y ago
This seems to me to be the equivalent of begging the question ('assuming the consequent', not 'requesting the question be asked').
- mannykannot 3y agoI think there are many examples where no question-begging premises are involved. For example, in the somewhat canonical example of incorrectly inferring the presence of a disease from a test when the base rate is low [1], the premises are the positive test result, the false-positive and false-negative rates for the test, and whatever premises about statistical reasoning lead to the calculation of the incorrect probability. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_rate_fallacy#Example_1:_Disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_rate_fallacy#Example_1:_D...