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Topic: What is begging the question, exactly?

Anonymous A started this discussion 7 years ago #81,542

Please explain it BRIEFLY with no gay philosophy words, thank you.

CopyPasta joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 6 minutes later[^] [v] #945,709

Begging the question (fallacy)

Begging the question, sometimes known by its Latin name petitio principii (meaning assuming the initial point), is a logical fallacy in which the writer or speaker assumes the statement under examination to be true. In other words, begging the question involves using a premise to support itself. If the premise is questionable, then the argument is bad.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 7 minutes later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #945,717

It's like if you were talking about getting a pet with your spouse and you started off by saying "What breed of dogs should we get?" rather than like "Would you like a pet?" "Would you prefer a dog or a cat or an elephant?" "What kind?" "How many?" etc. questions that are necessary to get to your starting position.

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Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 22 minutes later, 35 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #945,736

reminds me of pushy salesman who asks you how many you would like to buy when you never were interested in the first place

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #945,763

@945,717 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
> implying I was thinking about getting a pet

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #945,781

@945,717 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
@previous (E)
yeah wtf dude people don't keep elephants as pets. get real
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