(April 13, 2018 at 8:57 am)Mathilda Wrote:(April 13, 2018 at 8:53 am)Divinity Wrote: It begs the question
What's it supposed to be then? I've heard people use this expression for as long as I can remember. Maybe it's more usual in Britain? I've always taken it to mean, that one feels compelled to wonder about something specifically implied by something else.
Colloquially speaking, you can say "begs the question". It's just that, philosophically, it has a specific meaning ("assume the conclusion in the premises of the argument"). I personally say "raises the question" when I want to mean what you're referring to.
