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To: Cogadh na Sith

1. No, it's not incorrect.

2. By the way, American should be capitalized whenever it's used. So your usage is wrong when you say hot (american) wife.

Carry on...


149 posted on 12/23/2006 7:02:25 PM PST by cammie
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To: cammie
Yeah, it is incorrect. You didn't bother to look it up, and you can't imagine that I'm right--you know it all:

Begging the Question is a fallacy in which the premises include the claim that the conclusion is true or (directly or indirectly) assume that the conclusion is true. This sort of "reasoning" typically has the following form.

Premises in which the truth of the conclusion is claimed or the truth of the conclusion is assumed (either directly or indirectly). Claim C (the conclusion) is true. This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because simply assuming that the conclusion is true (directly or indirectly) in the premises does not constitute evidence for that conclusion. Obviously, simply assuming a claim is true does not serve as evidence for that claim. This is especially clear in particularly blatant cases: "X is true. The evidence for this claim is that X is true."

Some cases of question begging are fairly blatant, while others can be extremely subtle.

So, it's not when another question is brought to mind; it's when the premise of the argument includes the conclusion.

But whatever you say, honey....

This is great: Keep making my points for me!

163 posted on 12/23/2006 7:08:47 PM PST by Cogadh na Sith (There's an open road from the cradle to the tomb.)
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