Begging question

From FinnegansWiki
Revision as of 18:14, 2 July 2016 by Msclguru (talk | contribs) (Created page with "*'''begging the question''': logical fallacy in which one treats the initial assumption of a statement as already proven without any logic to show why the statement is true in...")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigationJump to search
  • begging the question: logical fallacy in which one treats the initial assumption of a statement as already proven without any logic to show why the statement is true in the first place
  • begging question: Refers to the begging that was part of the question's premise ("if the fain shinner [b]egged you to shave his immartial, wee skillmustered shoul")
Retrieved from "http://finnegansweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Begging_question&oldid=30691"