question-begging

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• question-begging — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : that involves the fallacy of petitio principii : that involves an assumption of something whose truth may be questioned question begging arguments question begging epithets compare beg vt 3b II. noun ( s) …   Useful english dictionary

• question, begging the — See begging the question …   Philosophy dictionary

• Begging the question — Bust of Aristotle, whose Prior Analytics contained an early discussion of this fallacy. Begging the question (or petitio principii, assuming the initial point ) is a type of logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proven is assumed… …   Wikipedia

• begging the question —    Strictly speaking, to beg a question is to present as proof something that itself needs proving. Bernstein cites as an example the sentence Parallel lines will never meet because they are parallel. The second half of the sentence only seems to …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• Begging — Beg Beg, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begging}.] [OE. beggen, perh. fr. AS. bedecian (akin to Goth. bedagwa beggar), biddan to ask. (Cf. {Bid}, v. t.); or cf. beghard, beguin.] 1. To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• begging the question — noun A logical fallacy in which a premise of an argument contains a direct or indirect assumption that the conclusion is true; offering a circular argument; circular reasoning. It is an instance of begging the question to argue that God can only… …   Wiktionary

• begging the question — The procedure of assuming what is at issue in an argument. Although the charge is commonly made, there is no logical definition of those kinds of argument that beg the question. In the widest sense, any valid argument might be thought to beg the… …   Philosophy dictionary

• begging the question — An argument which assumes as proved the very thing in issue …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Complex question — Complex question, trick question, multiple question or plurium interrogationum (Latin, of many questions ) is a question that has a presupposition that is complex. The presupposition is a proposition that is presumed to be acceptable to the… …   Wikipedia

• Loaded question — A loaded question is a question which contains a controversial assumption such as a presumption of guilt.[1] Such questions are used rhetorically, so that the question limits direct replies to be those that serve the questioner s agenda.[2] The… …   Wikipedia

• Open Question Argument — The Open Question Argument is a philosophical argument put forward by British philosopher G. E. Moore in §13 of Principia Ethica (1903), to refute the equating of the property good with some non moral property, whether naturalistic (e.g.… …   Wikipedia