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10 commandments of logic
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RE: 10 commandments of logic
August 27, 2015 at 11:28 am
(August 27, 2015 at 11:17 am)Exian Wrote: Can someone explain why the fallacy "Begging the question" is called begging the question? I feel like this should be obvious to me, but...it ain't.

Quote:The original meaning of begging the question comes from a bad translation of petitio principii, literally a request (or beg) for the premise, which explains this problem.
RationalWiki Article on Begging the Question
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10 commandments of logic

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10 commandments of logic - by drfuzzy - August 27, 2015 at 11:11 am
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by vorlon13 - August 27, 2015 at 11:13 am
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by Longhorn - August 27, 2015 at 11:13 am
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by Exian - August 27, 2015 at 11:17 am
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by TheRealJoeFish - August 27, 2015 at 11:28 am
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by brewer - August 27, 2015 at 11:25 am
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by surreptitious57 - August 27, 2015 at 11:57 am
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by Alex K - August 27, 2015 at 12:58 pm
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by drfuzzy - August 27, 2015 at 2:22 pm
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by vorlon13 - August 27, 2015 at 1:35 pm
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by TheRealJoeFish - August 27, 2015 at 1:45 pm
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by brewer - August 27, 2015 at 1:50 pm
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by TheRealJoeFish - August 27, 2015 at 2:44 pm
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by Alex K - August 27, 2015 at 1:51 pm
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by robvalue - August 27, 2015 at 1:55 pm
RE: 10 commandments of logic - by ignoramus - August 28, 2015 at 5:54 am

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