To: ChadGore
Begging the Question: Also Known as: Circular Reasoning, Reasoning in a Circle, Petitio Principii.
Description of Begging the Question
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.
Example of Begging the Question
Bill: "God must exist."
Jill: "How do you know."
Bill: "Because the Bible says so."
Jill: "Why should I believe the Bible?"
Bill: "Because the Bible was written by God."
Happy to clear that up. Now about all these people misspelling "Bill Withers" as "bellwethers"...
711 posted on
11/05/2002 5:45:38 PM PST by
zook
To: ChadGore
Begging the Question:
When one assumes what one is trying to prove
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