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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question It is a logical fallacy to beg the question.
by rw 18y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question
It is a logical fallacy to beg the question.
- GavinB 18y agoStep 1: Define question begging. Step 2: Show that the statement does not use your definition of question begging. Hoisted by your own circular logic, question-begging petard!
- sayrer 18y agoGiven the section on colloquial usage, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#Contemporary_usage_and_variations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#Contempora... I'd say that's rather prescriptive, maybe even SNOOTy. http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html
- Eliezer 18y agoThat's what I said the first time I got zapped for that, but the one said, "'Begs the question' is a technical term with a precise meaning and we need to preserve that precise meaning," and at that point I gave in.
- sayrer 18y agoYeah, I agree that it's still at the point where people will look down on you for using it in the colloquial manner.
- silentbicycle 18y ago"Once the classic meaning of a phrase begins losing ground to a less useful but more apparent one, it's time to tell it goodbye." - "beg the question", Roy Blount Jr., _Alphabet Juice_
- pj 18y agosounds like the term "cloud computing"